If you go down the supermarket, it is a certainty that you will be charged more for the organic choice of vegetables than you will for the pesticide sprayed option. Fortunately, in the wild world of music, organic does not carry a price premium and “Cast through the Mistletoe Tree” by Daughter of the Water is duly available to your ears for the same price as something filled with chemical improvements.
That said, there does seem to be some potential for chemical use whilst listening to an album like this. This album certainly does not seem like it could be a product of the modern world and both in atmosphere and lyrical content, Daughter of the Water – aka Sarah Lambert-Gates - appears almost timeless and, indeed, somehow paralleled with the passage of the clouds. Way back when in the early days of folk rock, songs that drew from the past and transcended the present were actually quite commonplace yet is unusual in these troubled times to find such ethereal motivations presented in song. As you might also expect, there is nothing ornate in the presentation with that delightfully delicate female voice most often accompanied in the most minimalist style by the guitar of Bones Huse and that leaves plenty of space between the notes for your mind to wander.
Perhaps something of an anachronism in the world of today, “Cast Through The Mistletoe” is a reminder of the appeal of the mystical and Daughter of the Water proves a most pleasing diversion to ears tired of reality.
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