Beyond Thought There’s No Words, Babe

Fine “Much to Say” There’s just no getting around how much Fine Glindvad Jensen’s music sounds like a very specific wish come true: What if Lana Del Rey was more like Mazzy Star, or vice versa? There are some moments on Fine’s excellent second album Jazz Dreams where she sounds so much like Lana doing a Hope Sandoval impression that it’s genuinely uncanny. It wasn’t apparent when I wrote about her song “I Could” last year, but it’s hard to miss now. This is not a complaint so much as it it’s a recognition of obvious influence and inspired combination. And besides, anyone can emulate great artists or mash up their particular aesthetic tics. The dazzling thing about Jazz Dreams is what you just can’t fake: casually gorgeous melodies, a stark yet warm and lived-in production style, a lot of perfect fleeting musical details that feel spontaneous but are clearly the work of a thoughtful arranger. All of this is apparent in “Much to Say,” a song that sounds like it’s been around for decades…

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