BY SARAH CHAVEY
Daily Arts Writer
Published March 29, 2009
Single Review
Zee Avi
“Bitter Heart”
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4.5 of 5 stars
From the folky corridors of Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records comes the label’s first lady: Zee Avi. The songstress shines on her debut “Bitter Heart,” with heartrending words set to a sunny melody. Her lilting vocals soothe as she croons jazzy warbles with graceful ease over a bouncing double bass and brushed drums. Lyrics like “Bitter heart tries to keep it all inside ... Bitter heart is getting just a little fragile,” are easier to swallow when complemented by Avi’s playful “doo doo” and “dah dah” injections. Her happy blend of jazzy pop is love at first listen.
