Communion Records
1999
Come Out Of Your Mine
About This Album
On her first album, Mia Doi Todd's songs rose out of and above the typical folkie aesthetic, and for certain brief stretches the album even seemed to take on a theatrical mood. Her sophomore effort delves even deeper into that spirit and sound. In fact, many of the melodies on Come Out of Your Mine are imbued with a cabaret-quality drama. Todd's paeans to love ("Save Me," an angelic blues, the lovely "Sunday Afternoon," "Your Room") are still present and retain the same breezy sweetness and intentional innocence, but her lyrics here just as frequently betray an artful austerity that was only present for brief moments on the debut. And she doesn't merely write and perform her songs but rather stages and interprets them, which is a far more satisfying ability. But while her music is melodramatic, it is a supremely understated sort of melodrama, if that is indeed possible. This sort of vivid reading is given the wonderful "Independence Day," "Strawberries," and "Jackals," a disconcertingly captivating poem in song, and after such a moving beginning to the album, it doesn't let up until its final notes are etched. Todd expanded her sonic reach here as well.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9)

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