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Never afraid to mine the rich, diverse musical veins of their native Chicago for inspiration, Sonia Dada pushed former backup vocalist Shawn Christopher to the forefront on their previous studio album, 1999's My Secret Life, with gratifying results. As the title of this follow-up hints, the band has further entrenched itself in R&B and gospel, stripped-down and wed to a masterful rhythmic thrust, tastefully restrained guitar licks, and the dramatic instincts of Christopher, a bluesy chanteuse with a telling sense of dramatic scale. It's a deceptively mellow sound that's in fact as laid-back as a coiled spring. They've sacrificed a bit of their eclecticism, to be sure, but they've done so in service of a sound that still rubs Memphis grooves ("Better Brains," "Baby Woke Up") up against jazzy ambiences ("Raise the Roofbeam") and the simmering, modern South Side blues of "Sometimes." But the glorious "Daisy" argues that the band hasn't lost their range so much as slyly refocused it, growing from folksy acoustic lament to full-bodied New Orleans gospel horn romp in four minutes and change. Somewhere, the ghost of Lowell George should be smiling. --Jerry McCulley
...Barefootsoul...,Sonia Dada,Razor & Tie,Adult Contemporary,Neo-Soul,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Sophisti-Pop
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