DANIELLE LUBENE
Slink (Little Gypsy)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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This is a confusing album! Sometimes Danielle Lubene's music is as fragile as she looks, which is an interesting illusion considering the power of her apparently well-trained voice, and sometimes it reminds me a little of the brand of punk The Wives once created. Oddly enough, when she's punkin' it up, she tends to sing just a bit to the sharp or flat side of the note, enough to make it a little uncomfortable. Maybe it's intentional, and in fact she's so good the rest of the time I'd have to assume it is. Punk ethic? Hmmm. Might be, and even when she's being mellow there's some of that ethic present, as she generally keeps things minimal and lets her voice and the mood of a minor key create the atmosphere. "One Song" has some of that and some passages filled with sound and extra tracks of Danielle's voice, and that track is the convergence of all her best traits. If she stops now, she's made that song, and that's something, but this is a raw talent just getting going. Not for everyone, Danielle Lubene's Slink may be flawed, but it has a lot of evidence of somethin' brewing.

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