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Dawg, Johansson Is Pitchy
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Scarlett Johansson may be winning praise at Cannes for her performance in Woody Allen’s ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona,’ but her new CD is getting universally panned.
“Anywhere I Lay My Head” is a collection of indie icon Tom Waits covers. Not that a great voice is a prerequisite for such an undertaking, but it would be nice if Johansson could stay on key. Or as Randy Jackson might say, "a little pitchy." Apparently, producer Dave Sitek (of TV on the Radio) didn’t have much faith in her capabilities either. The album starts with an instrumental.
He also ladles effects all over her voice, reverb being the least of them, and pulls her so far back in the New Agey soundscape of kalimba, mandolins, and Tibetan bowls that, at times, you barely hear her. Which isn’t necessarily a negative.
The overall effect is something like a cheaply produced Enya demo. Without the benefit of putting you to sleep. It’s jarring, even irritating. The whole effort is way too impressed with itself. It’s one of those things that tries so hard to be artsy but in the end, as Simon Cowell might say, is just bloody awful.
