Daisy Chapman
Bristol, England, United Kingdom | INDIE
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Jealousy is as good a theme for an album as any, particularly if your string suit happens to be intricate, layered baroque-folk-pop with a slight taint of menace.
Which pretty much sums up “The Green Eyed”s best moments: the theatrical piano runs and keen string swells of ‘Madame Jeneva’, the murderous ballad ‘Oh Daddy’ or the militant marching rhythms of ‘Just Give Up, Jessica’. The album’s highlight is a cover of Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’, and is a testament to Daisy’s confidence with such oft-handled material that it sounds entirely fresh.
- Venue Magazine, 2010
"bringing melancholy and her inconsolable gloom to the fore" - the mantra of Scarlatti Tilt, Bristol's elegantly atmospheric folkers of whom Ms Chapman forms a third.
And this solo opus is, well, hardly a chirpy affair either. It is, however, atmospheric, articulate and strikingly raw and full-blooded. Seven songs (mostly) about dysfunctional relationships, botched goodbyes, betrayals and mourning, with Daisy's fine voice - gossamer-thin or strong and plangent, as required - leading the line.
Piano is used beautifully throughout, driving the mood of each song, from beautific calm to feverish, lovelorn despair.
Centrepiece 'Our Mutual Friend' is a harrowing tale of a nascent love affair betrayed on its first night, its undulating falsetto chorus a mix of pain and almost angelic calm. And, with mellow closer 'Home', there's even some (hard-won and richly deserved) sunshine on the horizon.
(Steve Wright) 4/5 stars. July 2008. - Venue Magazine - Southwest
Daisy Chapman's voice is an impressive instrument, soaring high above dramatic arrangements. - The Fly
Discography
The Green Eyed (2009), 10 tracks. Available through iTunes and CD Baby
And There Shall Be None (2008), 8 tracks. Available through iTunes and CD Baby
Hymns of Blame (2006), 4 tracks. Available through iTunes and CD Baby.
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Bio
Stripped down to just piano and voice, Daisy's songs weigh heavy with a haunting beauty and romantic intensity. With a voice that ranges from a whisper to a herculean howl.
Daisy has performed in German and British festivals as well as opened for the likes of Howe Gelb and Karima Francis.
Daisy's music is well travelled. Germany has welcomed her over the channel countless times, not to mentioned a brief US tour where Daisy graced the corners of coffee houses up and down the highway 1. All self-financed and self-promoted. In 2010 she scooped an International Independent Music Award for her cover of Rihanna's Umbrella. She also plays with super-group Crippled Black Phoenix in big tours across the world.
Daisy's most recent album, The Green Eyed, carries a lighter tone than previous releases with beautiful sweeping strings and soft rumbling bass. This is certainly an exciting time for Daisy Chapman.
With the starkness of the lyrics, these songs are far from gentle ballads, but instead are tales of dark hearts told through Daisy's passionate voice which brings goosebumps to the skin.
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