Lisa Germano Germano's voice is at once heavy and breathy; her scratchy moan grounds the otherwise ethereal "Too Much Space," while the lugubrious sluggishness of the title track captures weariness and wisdom. Even the glimmer of optimism on the album's final track, "After Monday," can't shake the overall pensiveness that encompasses "World." Luckily, her airy coo turns even the harshest of sentiments into a lullaby; her repeated murmur "Go to hell / [expletive] you" on "Red Thread" sounds so much like a calm exhalation and inhalation of breath that her coarse words melt away -- particularly at the song's sighing conclusion of "I love you / I love you, too." -- Catherine P. Lewis
.: Originally published: The Washington Post: 20 October 2006, Page WE11
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