Sarah Macintosh’s new album, Current, released last month, and it’s pretty great.
I can’t help but picture Sarah in a big, fantastic dress, singing with a kind of Wonderland orchestra behind her.
The instrumentation on the album is fantastic. It’s probably my favorite part of the album. There are some familiar sounds, and some less familiar sounds, and they all come together to make up what sounds like a big, wonderfully eclectic orchestra.
Sarah’s voice is exactly the hauntingly beautiful kind of voice you would hope to pair with that kind of music.
She sings with the music, more than she sings over it.
The first several times I listened to the album, it was rolling while I was working, and I could only recall a couple actual lyrics. Her voice weaves with the music so well, that it sounds like it just fits in with everything else going on. It’s pretty cool.
When you do actually listen for lyrics, or when they do stand out on occasion, the over-arching theme of the album is definitely the hope we have in our risen Christ. So much of the album is looking forward, in joyful anticipation, to His return. It’s sweet.
Some lyrics and a video (that totally justifies my “Wonderland orchestra” comment) after the break. You can download the album here.
From “We Should Run”:
“We will run we will be laughing
We will look and see that You are lifted high
We will shout, we will be dancing
We will call and find our Savior, You’re alive”
From “Laughter Comes Upon Us”: