Probably by now many of you have heard of Christina Perri, if not maybe you have heard her amazing song called 'Jar of Hearts' (available to listen for free here on last.fm and are just now putting a name and a face to gut wrenching, honest, heartbreakingly beautiful and haunting lyrical talent that she is.
I have been a very huge fan of her work and writing for an incredibly long time and have followed her career closely. I have been psyched for her album release, I downloaded four copies from iTunes onto every computer I have just to help boost her sales. Her debut album entitled lovestrong is an incredibly powerful and profound mix of confusion, pain, heartache, love, agony, and some of the most talented and eloquent music production and writing that I have heard in years. She doesn't need a drum machine and an auto tone, the emotion adds to the tone, the strings add to the depth, and before you know it you're sucked into this moment that fills your entire body with feeling. Your blood pressure kicks up and you actually, for a moment, feel yourself connecting and realizing that this artist has done something that no one has been able to do in a very long time. Write songs about heartbreak without being a bitch, show pain without being weak, and weave beautiful melodies over intricate stories of love and life that leave you breathless at the end of each track.
I rarely, if ever, enjoy every single track on an album but with hers...every note, every triad, every new key...my heart just breathes it in, my soul feels calm, and this entire overwhelming feeling of 'wow, she actually gets it and can say what I feel without sounding bitter'. There are quite a few upbeat songs in there, that will have the pissed off side of you bopping around and venting, singing along about how you grow and get past the bad loves, move onto the better and enjoy life.
Christina Perri has inspired me with her album, lovestrong and I really hope it inspires you as well. I hope you connect to it. I hope you find something in it that speaks to you as well as it has spoken to me. And most of all, I hope it makes you feel something, because that's what good music does. It makes you feel. Enjoy!
