Album Review

The Good Natured – Be My Animal

• 5th Oct 2010

Expansive soul-disco and lounge merging is how the dexterously talented Sarah McIntosh, chooses to introduce the world to her empirical and warming approach to music making through her expressive project, The Good Natured.

‘Be My Animal’, has a Bjork, Regina Spektor and Amy Studt twisting vocal slant that is given a free reign by some sturdy synths and a striking, but unobtrusive instrumental exploration. McIntosh projects feeling of being owned and objectified, yet does not make this the sole focus of the song.

An eerie vocal echo and a more stodgy electro pop pull that sets the track up tantalisingly for McIntosh’s distorted, echoing vocals. ‘Prisoner’, helps to display the broadness of this project.

Reclusive lyrics give off a mystical darkness, bearing out the depth that is on show. The Good Natured have made an intriguing and bold start.

Rating: 4/5