As strange as the name of the artist so is the music, maybe more so eclectic than strange. Joan Wasser who is Joan As Police Woman has been around the block and on her third singer/songwriter record she has struck the weird bell on most of the albums ten cuts. The awkward opening song is reminecint of KT Tunstall and Rufus Wainwright with a noisy production that reminds of something more akin to the Arcade Fire. She quickly improves the production when the sound is more rounded and soulful on "The Magic", "The Man In Action" and "Human Condition". She jumps around in a nearly schizophrenic manner all through the album but for those fans of modern indie alternative singer/songwriter stuff will be all over this album.
I'm not a huge fan of this exact style as sometimes its too stunted and immature or it becomes to smooth and boring to keep me very interested for long. I have to say that I prefer artists like Coeur De Pirate, Diane Birch, Ingrid Michaelson & Kate Miller-Heidke over Joan Wasser. All the mention artists have a much better grasp on melody and timbre. They effectively ebb and flow where Joan gets stuck in the mud a lot. She does pull a good song out now and again like "I Was Everyone" which is the albums best track by a million miles. It's really the entire reason I even bothered giving her album a listen and found myself continuously bored about half way through every song. I can't recommend this album to anyone outside of those music snobs who hate most music considered pop or popular. She's definitely not a mainstream artist and her inability to connect much outside of the indie snobs she will continually stay right where she is in her career.
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