Lethbridge musician Brenna Lowrie shines on her ethereal debut CD “Body Electric.”
Her sound is tough to describe, though it is definitely acoustic. Her voice is a mix of Joni Mitchell and Hannah Georgas.
She begins with the tenderly picked instrumental “Placencia,” which features some nice cello playing from guest musician Kris Hodgson.
While she plays most of the instruments on her CD including guitar, keyboards drums on a couple tracks and even harp and percussion, she draws from Lethbridge’s deep well of musical talent to fill out her ambient, multi-faceted sound.
Clayton Smith plays drums on several tracks, Jesse Northey adds bass and guitar on a couple others, while Paul Holden and Tyler Stewart add bass to “Sorry Still” and “Split” respectively.
The Cd is very ambient, very folky, but also has an unusual exotic sound on a couple of tracks like “Fragile Ground.”
“Year of the Rabbit,” has some fascinating progressive rock elements.
“Modern Era,” is one of the highlights on the CDs if only because she picks up the tempo on it and has some interesting harmonics to wind the song down.
She has a very pretty, spooky voice throughout and can hit some pretty high notes, which are an acquired taste.
“Split” is another highlight with some unusual sounding chords.
She ends on a high note “Get Better,” on which she adds a Janis Joplin edge to her voice.
CD: Body Electric
Genre: folk
