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Driven primarily by acoustic guitars, the music maintains a basic, simple sound that's used to support the song, not to be the song. The instruments fit in well with the overall aesthetic, but the simple strumming and picking is hardly memorable. Josh Cunningham adds some nice mandolin work, as on "Smith St. The group's original members, sisters Vikki and Donna Simpson, provide pleasing harmonies. The well-matched vocals remind me of Over the Rhine, but the Waifs are more campfire-oriented, lacking both piano and expansiveness. The Waifs perhaps more closely match a less-crunchy, more-mellow Indigo Girls.
The track starts off with a bluesy acoustic guitar part and a slow vocal that begs for a smoky lounge. An introduction like this one offers the band a prime chance to vary their sound, and the guitar-and-vocal match on the line "I do believe" hints at heretofore hidden influences, possibly even Chicago blues singers. The singer has a strong enough voice to make this a powerful track, but as the song finishes the intro and starts up the body, the guitars hold it to just a minor-key version of the other songs on Shelter Me. The lyrics are tight on this song, as the narrator accepts the blame for her relationship ending, but comes off feeling less than guilty.
While she's a "low down vicious dog", she won't hang her head. The pieces are here for a standout number, but because the Waifs hold to standard practices, "Time to Part" remains a standard song. That problem pervades throughout the album. The Waifs do what they do quite well and Shelter Me provides an enjoyable listen, but the band doesn't do anything particularly special.
On one of the album's strongest tracks, "People Who Think They Can", the sisters sing of a desire to be like those with the confidence to just go out and do it. It's a nice wish, but the Waifs in real life seem stuck where this narrator is stuck. The narrator sings, "You have to tread on other people This thought suggests that success is built on confidence, style, and aggression.
The Waifs too often sound like they'd rather tread water than risk acquiring those characteristics. There's a large grain of truth and honor in this line of thinking, but it neglects the idea that progress and success require risk.
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If the Waifs are content to be a pleasant folk group, then they're doing everything just right, and there's nothing wrong with that. If, on the other hand, they want to create music that's more than just pleasant, they'll have to turn into the type of people they both admire and dismiss, those who "think they can". Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk is a thought-provoking tale of both love and injustice, and in working with Moonlight composer Nicholas Brittell, the two find compelling musical motifs from unexpected places.
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Juno-winning Canadian songwriter Dan Mangan's love of his influences and peers has lead him to craft something quite joyous: This is no scene or collective. These artists have reached their limit in all directions, back into traditions and forward into uncertain futures. Well into her 30s, silent film star Mary Pickford was the waif-iest waif in film history, and the number of convincing variations she wrung on this theme is remarkable.