[Music Review] She & Him - Volume Two

"Now They Come Out More Girlie, Shiny, Upbeat, Some Part Were Really Catchy. Perfect Trigger For Your Fast Love"

She & Him
Genre: Pop, Folk, Ballads
Based In: US, oh Zooey is an international celebrity, anyway :p
Label: Merge Record
Year: 2010
Rate: 7.5/10
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Volume Two adalah album yang sudah diantisipasi kehadirannya oleh para penggemar She & Him, dan ketika video klip In The Sun sudah keluar duluan, agak kaget juga karena Zooey menari-nari di klip berlatar sekolahan, persis Baby One More Time milik Britney Spears, walaupun lagunya pop klasik sederhana, seperti ABBA.

Ketika akhirnya albumnya keluar, ternyata masih dalam koridor yang tidak jauh berbeda dengan Volume One, pop yang sederhana dan ringan. Namun kali ini lebih upbeat, sunny and shiny, bersemangat, cara bernyanyi yang shouting, story telling, simply pop, cenderung oldies pop dan tidak terlalu folky dan balada seperti pada Volume One. Kali ini ada dua lagu cover version. Jika pada Volume One kita mendapatkan I Should Have Known Better dari The Beatles, Volume Two ada Ridin' in My Car dari NRBQ dan Gonna Get Along Without You Know dari Skeeter Davis. Dan kali ini mereka mengajak Tilly and The Wall -band tap-dancing itu- sebagai backing vokal di In The Sun!

Lagu-lagu yang termasuk first hear first crush ada pada Thieves, In The Sun, Lingering Still dan Over It Over Again. Tambahkan Ridin' in My Car. I bet Zooey looks damn tempting when singing that song :p Secara keseluruhan, M. Ward dan Zooey Deschanel tidak banyak memberi sentuhan berbeda di Volume Two, masih terdengar mirip. Hm, bahkan sebenarnya lebih banyak lagu yang notable di Volume one. Rasanya Volume Two ini tidak seasyik Volume One untuk dinyanyikan. But they had really treasured some great songs on Volume Two. Refer to the first hear first crush songs, mentioned before :D

Masih ada beberapa lagu dengan slow-down beat yang minimalis, seperti pada Me And You, Brand New Shoes dan If You Can't Sleep, that's truly a lullaby. She & Him pada Volume Two masih menjadi duet pop/ballads/easy pop sederhana yang menghibur, kali ini lebih girlie, shiny, upbeat dengan beberapa part yang sangat catchy, trigger for your fast love. Want some cuteness of Zooey Deschanel singing very cute song? Grab this album. Want some more precious song of M. Ward? Grab Monster of Folks album. M. Ward and the group made a miracle songs there. Anyway, get this She & Him newest album playing on your car tape deck while driving off home. Taste best. (Jay)
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In The Sun Video Clip where Zooey Deschanel dancing like Britney! :p



Volume Two is the highly anticipated album by She & Him fans, and when the In The Sun clip came out first, I am a bit feeling weird, because Zooey is dancing in the school-set clip (choreographed dance, and with dancers also). Exactly remind me of Baby One More Time of Britney Spears. Even though, the song is more like classic pop song, an ABBA.

When the album finally popped out, its still at the same corridor with Volume One, simple and light pop. But this time more upbeat, sunny and shiny, energetic, shouting singing, story telling, yet simply a pop, more like oldies pop and not so folky/ballads like Volume Two. This time we have two cover songs, Ridin' in My Car by NRBQ and Gonna Get Along Without You Now from Skeeter Davis. While we had I Should Have Known Better by The Beatles on Volume One. And this time they got Tilly and the Wall -yup, the tap dancing band- as backing vocal on In The Sun!

We got first hear first crush on songs like Thieves, In The Sun, Lingering Still and Over It Over Again. Oh, please count Ridin' in My Car. I bet Zooey looks damn tempting when singing that song :p Generally, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel didn't gave very much differentiation on Volume Two, still closely like Volume One. Hm, actually I found Volume One had more notable songs than Volume Two. Volume Two is not very joyful to sung. But they had really treasured some great songs on Volume Two. Refer to the first hear first crush songs, mentioned before :D

Yet we still had slow-down beat and minimalist songs here, just like Me And You, Brand New Shoes and If You Can't Sleep, that's just truly a lullaby. She & Him on Volume Two still a simple and entertaining pop/ballads/easy pop duet. Now they come out more girlie, shiny, upbeat, some part were really catchy, perfect trigger for your fast love. Want some cuteness of Zooey Deschanel singing very cute song? Grab this album. Want some more precious song of M. Ward? Grab Monster of Folks album. M. Ward and the group made a miracle songs there. Anyway, get this She & Him newest album playing on your car tape deck while driving off home. Taste best. (Jay)
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Tracklist
01. Thieves
02. In the Sun
03. Don't Look Back
04. Ridin' in My Car
05. Lingering Stil
06. Me and You
07. Gonna Get Along Without You Now
08. Home
09. I'm Gonna Make It Better
10. Sing
11. Over It Over Again
12. Brand New Shoes
13. If You Can't Sleep

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