"Songwriter Alison Sudol spent most of her life in Los Angeles, having moved there with her mother when she was five years old. She began playing piano as a teenager, with bands like Coldplay and Keane inspiring her whimsical, pop-minded music. After recording several compositions and sending out the resulting demo, the singer received an immediate response from Capitol Record's Jason Flom, who came to Sudol's house to hear her play and soon signed her to a record contract. Following a South by Southwest appearance in March 2007, Sudol -- who chose the name A Fine Frenzy (taken from a line in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as the moniker for her musical efforts -- released the full-length debut album One Cell in the Sea.
Sudol widened her audience by opening shows for Rufus Wainwright that summer. Her tastes expanded while on the road, and by the time A Fine Frenzy returned home, Sudol had become intrigued by the songbooks of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and the Talking Heads. Such varied influences convinced her to take more risks with her songwriting, and Sudol issued her sophomore effort, Bomb in the Birdcage, in mid-2009, embracing a wider palette of sounds in the process."
~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
I have one criticism of this album, that is the tendency of some of the songs to resemble each other musically. However, since I seldom, if ever, listen to an album from beginning to end -preferring to set my player to shuffle and jump from genre to genre - I can handle the similarities, especially since Sudol is one of my favorite lyricists.
A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage [2009]
1. What I Wouldn't Do
2. New Heights
3. Electric twist
4. Blow Away
5. Happier
6. Swan Song
7. Elements
8. World Without
9. Bird Of The Summer
10. Stood Up
11. Beacon
1. Come On, Come Out
2. The Minnow & The Trout
3. Whisper
4. You Picked Me
5. Rangers
6. Almost Lover
7. Think Of You
8. Ashes And Wine
9. Liar, Liar
10. Last Of Days
11. Lifesize
12. Near To You
13. Hope For The Hopeless
14. Borrowed Time
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