KAREN ABRAMS: Everything Is Older

Karen Abrams

Everything Is Older

© 2005 Karen Abrams (634479165986)

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Acoustic-guitar based alternative folk-pop with singer/songwriter observations on everyday life, mingled with the crunchiness of Alanis Morrisette, the warmth of Carole King and the subtle layering of haunting guitars a la Daniel Lanois.

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"Everything is Older" is the debut album of Los Angeles based singer/songwriter, Karen Abrams. Before it hit the stores, "Always Came Back", a cut from the album, was featured on HBO's "Six Feet Under", on August 8, 2004.

Raised in Santa Monica, Karen has been writing songs since the age of eleven. With the support of her family, she pursued her dream, playing at clubs around the Los Angeles area. When that didn't result in broad-based, rabid fan worship, she began to build an album the old fashioned way: she learned it. "I kept writing the same song over and over," Karen sighed. "It was getting obnoxious. So I found a teacher and began to study music theory and songwriting as a craft." It took a while, but what came out of it was a heartfelt album filled with stories of painful breakups, pointless encounters and new beginnings.

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  • A lyrical musical study in emotional complexity.
    author: Ken Knox

    Karen Abrams is not a household name, but she should be. A singer-songwriter of true emotional depth and honesty, her compositions are lyrical studies of the human heart, whether it be the driving need for connection found on the disc's jangly rock opener "She's In Love," the aged wisdom of the bittersweet "Everything is Older" or the maturity found in letting go of failed love found on the lovely "Airborne." Fans of like-minded artists like Shawn Colvin and Patty Larkin will instantly take to Abrams' tender and evocative melodies, which embrace all that is good about "pop" (in the classic, James Taylor sense of the word) while keeping its foot firmly planted in the fertile soil of the more traditional singer-songwriter genre. Her voice, meanwhile, conveys a multitude of emotion in every note, whether it's the rich timber of the gorgeous "Jump Back" or the comforting softness she displays singing to a child on the lyrical, plaintive "Little One." Listening to Karen Abrams is like attending a therapy session for a fraction of the cost; her gentle words of wisdom remind us that, while life is indeed hard, there is joy to be found in the wonder of faith and love. If there's any luck in the world, Abrams will find a solid fan base for her lovely music. Indeed, we could all use a little bit more of humanity like hers in our lives on a daily basis.

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