Sony
2004
All That We Let In
About This Album
Nearly 20 years on, and the Indigo Girls are still spinning their dualistic tales of love, anger, and life. Over the years, the formula has had its bouts with rigidity -- for a while there, it even threatened to reach obsolescence (think the phoned-in late-'90s effort Shaming of the Sun). But Emily Saliers and Amy Ray did a wise thing with 2002's Become You, returning (and reducing their sound) to the threads of personal experience that had made their folk-rock tapestry so strong in the first place. All That We Let In continues the Indigo Girls' throwback arc, opting for just their longtime band with a few well-placed guests. (For example, pedal steel player Mark Van Allen and cellist David Henry make Saliers' darkly searching "Come on Home" a particularly velvety moment.) All That We Let In has some fun before getting to the serious stuff, opening with a pair of strong tracks taking different routes to a rootsy hook. Carol Isaacs' organ shines on the warm and inviting "Fill It up Again," which despite musing about getting dumped, does so with the promise of refueling and hitting the open road. And despite it being the same old trick, darn it if it isn't comforting to once again hear the intertwined yearn of Saliers and Ray's harmonies.
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