Comments for Thea Gilmore

Comment on Loft Music by tomisrad

tomisrad — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:58:33 +0000

Review by tomisrad for Loft Music Rating: I've always had a strange fascination for covers and how the artist re-interprets them. Its rare, though, that an artist manages to make the song sound like their own yet here Thea manages to own every one of these songs. Taking us on a journey through the songs and artists that have shaped her musically, she brings her own unique vocal style and ability to each. My stand out track would be "The Old Laughing Lady", though the whole album is a joy, and, for the aufiophiles out there, very well produced. An excellent addition to her own works, more in the style of "Songs From the Gutter" or "Lipstick Conspiracies" than her more rocky "Avalanche" or "Burning Dorothy" albums and a showcase for her fantastic voice separate from her songwriting abilities showcased in her own albums.

Comment on Loft Music by tomisrad

tomisrad — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:51:08 +0000

Comment on Loft Music by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:41:57 +0000

Review by for Loft Music Rating: Before purchasing 'Loft music' I had come to love Thea's 'Avalanche' and 'Songs from the Gutter'.
She is an outstanding talent and her albums have been subject to rave reviews of her songwriting abilities. To me, it is this songwriting skill that shines through on the other albums, to the point that it almost eclipses all else.
'Loft Music', however, showcases her fantastically mature voice, as she sings songs that we are already familiar with. I particularly love her renditions of 'Crazy Love' (Van Morrison) and 'Ever Fallen in Love with Someone' (Buzzcocks).
Because she's singing these songs in such a different way to her own material, it is pretty hard to recognise her voice at all.
A must for all Thea fans, if only to give a glimpse of another side of her abilities, and a must for any who appreciate good quality, heartfelt music.

Comment on The Lipstick Conspiracies by cjp112@york.ac.uk

cjp112@york.ac.uk — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:36:19 +0000

Review by cjp112@york.ac.uk for The Lipstick Conspiracies Rating: Thea absolutly rocks. Her lyrics are anything but cliche and deal with varied contempoary themes from racism to post-feminism. The is set to absolutly amasing guitar and vocals in a unique style. Maybe I'm too young to know how old hat it is, but I love it!

Comment on The Lipstick Conspiracies by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:09:23 +0000

Review by for The Lipstick Conspiracies Rating: Suberb album by a great singer and guiter player. Best tracks are "The ressurection men" and "My own private riot" Great variaty of music absolutely brillant everyone should own a copy

Comment on The Lipstick Conspiracies by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:14:50 +0000

Review by for The Lipstick Conspiracies Rating: This album is great! its full of meaty subjects and she's a girl who's not afraid to take on big, important issues. I feel that she could be the start of a new wave of songwriters who are up for trying to change things, which our insipid music scene has been lacking for a long time...so discover it quick, before everyone else cottons on!!!

Comment on The Lipstick Conspiracies by T.J. Slaughter

T.J. Slaughter — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:32:48 +0000

Review by T.J. Slaughter for The Lipstick Conspiracies Rating: The Lipstick Conspiracies is a regular spin on my CD player, Thea Gilmore has managed to capture many underlying themes in her direct, sometimes bawdy lyrics. However she is upfront, writes and sings truthfully - will she make it to the top? I hope so. Listen to "Generation Y" for a good rockin' experience and sample her delicate vocals on "See if they applaud". I would love to hear some of the tracks in an "unplugged" format. Another album is due soon after she finishes tiling a bathroom and a 6 track EP "As if" is available now. Go and listen - you won't be disappointed.

Comment on The Lipstick Conspiracies by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:34:14 +0000

Review by for The Lipstick Conspiracies Rating: In a world seduced with songwriting-by-numbers, Thea Gilmore has a hell of a lot to get off her chest. Like Dylan and Costello before her, she never wastes a single lyric, packing every corner of each song with dense imagery, vicious diatribes and haunting reveries. The Lipstick Conspiracies is intoxicating spiky, jagged folk-rock with the intensity and scorching power to throw you across the room and pin you against the wall.
The album swaggers open with Generation Y?, with Thea spitting in the face of consumerism with perfect aim. Catchier than a playground cold, it is a song of Olympian greatness. Barreling along on a razor-sharp guitar riff, Thea kicks awake a dumbed-down society drugged by media desensorization: “And the bigwigs down on Fleet Street are cashing in on this parade/selling hotdogs by disaster zone, counting every dollar made.”
It is a theme she returns to on the stunning Bulletin Britain, where racial murder is met with public indifference on an in-car radio talk show: “If we just all close our eyes, maybe we’ll all be absolved/Don’t talk to us about blame/Don’t talk at all, there, problem solved.” The music in turn rages and sighs, underlining the emotional turmoil as articulately as her damning world view. Thea is a songwriting dismayed by her generation's apathy and raging against corporate-controlled conformity.
Of course, Thea doesn’t do love songs. At least, not ones of the usual fluffy goo. On Edge Of My Seat, for example, Thea taunts a sleazy nightclub letch, amid a chugging Stones-ish riff and Nigel Stonier's weaving acoustic guitar solo. The emotional centerpiece of the album, though, is See If They Applaud, a song of devastating intensity and naked fragility. This is the wreckage of a love-affair laid bare. The juxtaposition of anger and vunerability is perfectly captured by an acoustic guitar, a calimba and a voice from the heavens: poison and sweetness side-by-side.
The Lipstick Conspiracies closes with two acoustic, folkish gems. Land Of The Free is an articulate, haunting ballad to American hypocracy, which now seems even more relevant in the wake of recent events in The Gulf. And then Thea’s closest approximation to a lovesong, My Beautiful Defence, is left to finally steal the show with a brittle fragility.
The word “brilliant” gets banded about in these sort of reviews like “new and improved” does in shampoo ads. But Lipstick Conspiracies really is brilliant. And frighteningly so. Hell hath no fury, indeed, like Thea Gilmore.

Comment on Avalanche by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:59:43 +0000

Review by for Avalanche Rating: Thea's latest album is easily a worthy successor to those that have gone before it. As one who was lucky enough to have a sneak peek at this album before the release date, I was already highly excited about hearing the latest view of the world from Thea, even before the amazing patchwork of musical colour hit my ears.Avalanche is another emotional rollercoaster of an album from Thea. Neither the music nor the words shock the listener; each seems to function as a vehicle for the other with little conflict of interest. The only track which this reviewer's poor ear found difficult to appreciate was Pirate Moon, Track 6, and the stars of the album, along with the single Juliet (Keep That In Mind) are Razor Valentine and The Cracks.Thea Gilmore ought to be a regular visitor to everyone's CD players, and Avalanche must surely be included - best Thea album yet? Maybe. Better yet to come? I hope so.

Comment on Avalanche by Alan Moore

Alan Moore — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Review by Alan Moore for Avalanche Rating: This is my first experience of Thea Gilmore - I bought the album after hearing just one track on the radio, and I think all the songs are brilliant. The music is so refreshingly different to most popular music, and Thea's moods come over so well with each song. There's melody, emotion, and some hauntingly good lyrics. Just brilliant!