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Her stunning 2006 Matador release, “Over the Mountain, Across the Valley and Back to the Stars,” was a rarity — a confessional singer-songwriter record for people who cannot abide confessional singer-songwriters. (Should you normally love them, God, are you a shoo-in.) The trick was a sort of blunt understatement, with lyrics candidly tracing the outlines of loves lost to accident, illness, distance and indifference. Her breathy but deceptively strong alto filled in the emotional contours.
— yes! thank you, glenn dixon of the washington post express! that encapsulates exactly how jennifer o’connor made one of my absolute favorite records, better than i have ever been able to describe. it’s familiar but not pedestrian, confessional but not overwrought. and still totally stunning. (via largehearted boy)