C - candy, hannah howes (2009)

hannah howes has a breathy, soulful voice, but this album failed to connect with me.  i like the jazzy, folky notes to her songs, but she lost me at "no surprises" and she didn't win me back. i am so over the reggae upstrum "new zealand sound" sound (although i feel this is a rant best reserved for a stand-alone post where i can really let rip) and i think it does hannah's clever voice lyrics a disservice.