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Anika Moa "In Swings The Tide"

2007 | Genre: Pop | Folk

At 21, Auckland-born Anika Moa is the first unknown New Zealand artist to ever be signed to a major label (Atlantic). Not a bad start for the Christchurch-raised singer/songwriter who not long ago performed at the Smokefree Rockquest competition. On the back of her single Youthful, the label debut Thinking Room (recorded in New York with Victor Van Vugt) hit number one in her homeland, for which the song "Falling in Love Again" was written. She has already toured twice with Tim Finn and Stellar* and performed support at the request of Dido.

This album marks what's been a rough period for the earthiest, frankest and arguably most self-involved of our star singer-songwriters.

As discussed at length in last Saturday's canvas profile, Moa's been through a major relationship break-up followed by the terminal illness of her musician father, who had been absent for much of her childhood. He gets a telling clear-eyed tribute on the track My Old Man, a bookend of sorts to Mother from her debut 2001 album Thinking Room. But if some raw emotions underlie the inspiration for that song and many others here, it's not immediately apparent. The album's dozen songs are generally sweet, amiable, quietly spoken sad-eyed things.

Many show Moa's new-found enthusiasm for gentle country rhythms, lush string-laden arrangements and much evidence that this is the most musically accomplished of her three albums after the polish of her American major label debut and 2005's uneven Stolen Hill.

While a certain amount of her trademark lack of guile remains in the occasionally awkward lyrics, there's a level of songcraft here that wasn't always apparent on her earlier work.

With the slight Wise Man Say, it doesn't start off particularly strongly but soon finds its feet on the lush single Dreams In My Head before Miss Universe brings in that country jangle to good effect. This gets further utilised on the positively hayseed Day In Day Out, the airy Honey You'll Be Alright, and the foreboding closing track Thinking About Tomorrow.

Elsewhere, Moa veers neatly into torch tune on the woozy The Blind Woman, but her the attempts at gently swinging jazzpop on the title track and ditty Hangin' Around are the set's forgettable lightweights. Otherwise, it seems, Moa has realised that just pouring your heart out isn't enough.

And while a couple of the songs can blend into each other, much of this makes for a disarming, bittersweet album with a lightly concealed emotional punch. All of which makes In Swings the Tide Moa's highwater mark.

The Band

* Anika Moa: Vocals, Guitar & Harmonies

* Nick Gaffaney: Drums

* Chip Matthews: Bass

* Neil Watson: Electric Guitar

* Stephanie Brown: Piano, Keyboard, Clavichord Accordin, Hammond Organ Vibraphone, Glockenspiel

* Andy Lynch: Mandolin on Track 7, Electric Guitar on Track 12, Dobro on Track 6

* Brendon Morrow: Vibraphone on Track 1

* Brian Smith: Clarinet on Track 5, Bass Flute on Track 6

* Bruce Lynch: Lap Steel on Track 6

* Miranda Adams: Violin on Track 3

* Jeremy Toy: Electric Guitar on Track 8

Harmonies

* Anna Coddington on Tracks 2,3,4,7,10 & 11

* Tim Guy on Tracks 4, 7 & 10

* Madeleine Sami on Track 4

* Ned Ngatae on Track 4 & 10

* Kara Rickard on Track 10

String Players

* 1st Violins: Miranda Adams, Arthur Grabczewski, Pam Jiang, Diana Cochrane

* 2nd Violins: Mark Bennett, William Hanfling, Julia Broom

* Violas: Rob Ashworth, Christine Bowie, Greg McGarity

* Cellos: Claudia Price, Katherine Hebley

Track List:

01 Wise Man Say

02 Dreams in My Head

03 Miss Universe

04 The Blind Woman

05 In Swings the Tide

06 My Old Man

07 Day in Day Out

08 Hangin' Around

09 Standing in This Fire

10 Honey You'll Be Alright

11 You're the Light

12 Thinking About Tommorow Buy It at Lowest Price on Amazon

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