• simple, economical instrumentation
  • solo singer album
  • pop yet earthy
  1. new instruments enter subtly, building the whole track almost surreptitiously
  2. chorus features a ‘false stop’
    reminiscent of go-betweens ‘rock n roll friend’
  1. rapidly descending pitch synth stabs before vox enters
  2. middle: bass melody, doubled by organ, features between lines of vox
  1. song in 2 halves;
    1. ac version = instrumental transition = 2. band version
  2. theremin
  3. chorus: oohs only

04 ‘Heard It All Before’ – Me and Armini (2008) – Emilíana Torrini

  1. claps and bongos percussion
  2. mandolin rapids
  1. vibrato elc gtr chord strums
  2. inverted song arrangement: ac low key verse/chorus at end of song
  1. triangle rhythm
  2. ‘doop doodoop’ ending builds
  1. ‘drill’ elc sfx
  2. key change: up a minor 3rd
  1. close mic lip smacking
  2. short ac song between big electric numbers
  1. finger snaps/vox breath ‘ha!’ – alternate on the 4. stops for singing
  2. 6th verse: low bass rumble – sounds like a truck

10 ‘Beggar’s Prayer’ – Me and Armini (2008) – Emilíana Torrini

  1. drums enter in 3rd verse but only for 2 lines
  2. last word gets extended into ‘ooh’ and choir
  1. edit clicks used as beat
  2. odd beat by adding an extra repeat

12 ‘Bleeder’ – Me and Armini (2008) – Emilíana Torrini

  1. add string section
  2. ac gtr plucked on changes / delayed