Come The Storm - Eileen Rose Album Review
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Album Review
Sometimes the weathermen get the forecast wrong. So, it seems has Eileen Rose. WARNING - don't be fooled by the title - Come The Storm. After a surprisingly sunny ( and enjoyable ) start with Last New Year's Eve, we don't exactly get thunder and lightning, which the album title might suggest, only a virtually persistent low front. Truth is, Eileen Rose is a below average singer and songwriter - she couldn't knock together a good song if she really tried. Wandering into most slow numbers of sombreness, and inaccessibility, the overall feeling is of a young lady who fails to be convincing at just about every front. Her singing is uncultured, verging on uncertainty, as she fails to impress on level.
Slowies, which make up the bulk, wander aimlessly into none- events. It's the kind of album you want to get through pretty darned quickly as little grabs your attention. When it does come, only two tracks appeal : they are gladly welcomed - the countryish White Wave and Never Be The Same actually show the girl can lighten-up, but it's in very short supply.
As if the album could get any worse after the sombreness of Saffron & Ginger, Staying In and Compass, were left with the aptly titled closer - Time To Go. In effect, Rose has committed the heinous crime of total self-indulgence, and forgotten that someone (whoever they are!) might actually be listening to this drivel.
Having relocated to her native USA from the UK, she opted for the Long View Farm Studios in Massachusetts in an attempt to kick start her career with her third album, which it would appear has failed miserably. Most of this is purgatory for the listener.
