“Take me by the arm to the altar / take me by the collar to the cliff,” she sings, turning the love song clichés inside out into a meditation on the selfishness of love. On opener “Hair to the Ferris Wheel,” a languid, folksy guitar melody begins a slow romantic ballad, Spaltro’s warm, rich alto veering in and out of a low, bluesy register. The album’s structural complexity and dynamically changing rhythms are deceptively simple-Lady Lamb makes songwriting look effortless. Each track forms a mini-narrative, constructed with arcs and climaxes, rising and falling in gentle lulls and hypnotic dénouements. Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, otherwise known as the musician and Maine-native Aly Spaltro, masters the art of storytelling on Ripely Pine, her most recent album.
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