"Why don't you sit right down and stay awhile? We like the same things and I like your style. It's not a secret. Why do you keep it? I'm just sitting on the shelf."M. Ward has great taste. She and Him, the name under which Zoey Deschanel and M. Ward recorded their album "Volume One"sounds like an essay more than a masterwork, but Deschanel's lilting voice is perfectly anachronistic and creates a kind of music that recalls the best of 60's AM radio.
Like Jenny Lewis, another of Ward's occasional collaborators (and former child actress), Deschanel has a voice that swings wildly between sweetly underdeveloped and almost frighteningly mature, often within the same few measures. The effect is stunning.
While spring sweeps in and overexcites the membrane, this album has a sweet kind of magic that recalls all the best things about naivety. Sometimes sweet is ok.
Like Jenny Lewis, another of Ward's occasional collaborators (and former child actress), Deschanel has a voice that swings wildly between sweetly underdeveloped and almost frighteningly mature, often within the same few measures. The effect is stunning.While spring sweeps in and overexcites the membrane, this album has a sweet kind of magic that recalls all the best things about naivety. Sometimes sweet is ok.
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