Libby Johnson - Perfect View

Libby Johnson - Coming Up for Air Libby Johnson Tour Dates 03/11/10 @The Corner Music  Litchfield, CT 03/30/10 The Living Room NY 06/09/10 Concerts In The Park Narberth, PA 06/26/10 Little Bird House  Providence, RI Discography [Sep 2006] Annabella [Nov 2006] Trust the Man (Soundtrack) [Oct 2009] Perfect View Read More Beth Orton http://weheartmus... I would have to admit, I'm a huge Beth Orton fan. I've written about other musicians that sounds...

Libby Johnson is a singer/songwriter from New York. Her influences ranges from Suzanne Vega to John Coltrane to Fleet Foxes to Helium (which was on my current playlist). I thought the Helium-thing was weird, since I didn't think that many modern artists are influenced by Mary Timony's weird style of indie pop music - that is until I found out that Libby Johnson was one-half of 22 Brides - a band from the same era of Helium. Of course, like many comic book collector*, I came across this band because of the Event Comics... you might remember that series, 22 Brides, the comic that introduced Painkiller Jane?

Libby Johnson on E! Entertainment News

Anyway, Libby continued her music career with her debut album Annabella in 2006. The album must've been quite an influence on director and writer, Bart Freundlich, who used four of Libby's Annabella songs on his soundtrack to Trust the Man movie (a romantic comedy starring David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore, and Maggie Gyllenhaal). Watching this E! story, Fruendlich explained that he wrote the movie with one singer/songwriter in mind.

Libby Johnson is back with Perfect View, and it's story-telling goodness. Like most folk music, Johnson seems to be telling a story through her songs. From the almost-stalking song of "Perfect View" about her watching and thinking of someone special... to something more dangerous as in "Sister You'll Be Back Again".

My favorite song is "Coming Up for Air", which doesn't really sound that folky. Instead, it's a bit saucy, a bit jazz, and I love the piano and the playful lyrics.

As I previously mentioned, if you like Beth Orton, but minus the 'tronic, you'll enjoy Libby Johnson's Perfect View. You can get the album digitally from iTunes or amazon.

PS, If you were wondering about the other sister from 22 Bride, Carrie Johnson returned to music with Move the Sun in 2008, with all proceeds from "Little Bird" going to Pediatric Cancer Research to honor her daughter.

* I am including this music article on my comic book website, george-perez.com

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