Oren Lavie

baroque pop // singer-songwriter

Immediately on hearing this track I thought of Badly Drawn Boy’s seminal album The Hour of Bewilderbeast. Oren Lavie has the clear, high-fidelity instrumentation I associate with the UK baroque pop scene; having string work similar to the cello I fell in love with in BDB’s “The Shining,” and a general gaiety about songwriting that respects the listener while treating them with a cute tune worth sharing. It’s a shame his album is still only released in Europe; apparently they’d rather put off us Americans with a $22.99 sale price. Silly recording industry. :-/

Warm, sunny, aural afternoon delight.
Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance
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Posted by Paul Irish on Monday, April 9th, 2007 under pop, singer-songwriter.

16 Responses to “Oren Lavie”

  1. Erock said on April 10th at 3:20 am :

    I like this, I have your website on my RSS feed, you always find great and amazing new music I’ve never heard of…Keep up the good work.

  2. Mike said on April 10th at 4:43 am :

    Paul,
    This entire album is now available for download on emusic.com. Great site.

  3. Paul Irish said on April 10th at 6:27 am :

    Wow, that’s great news, Mike. Can you post the permalink to the album page on emusic?
    To everyone, with emusic you can download this album in mp3 without any sort of nasty DRM. It’s great!

  4. Lena said on April 10th at 8:56 am :

    This is sweet!

  5. huipiiing said on April 10th at 9:24 am :

    I concur with the badly drawn boy reference. This track makes me happy, thanks Paul.

  6. Anna said on April 10th at 11:06 pm :

    Since a few month I’m regularly reading and listening to the music you have chosen. I’m from Germany and my taste in music is quite different of yours, but I still like your choices sometimes and it shows me a new kind of music. Thank you for that!

  7. Twelve Fingered Man said on April 12th at 10:46 am :

    Agreed, I check this site daily and purchase the CDs often. Four thumbs up.

  8. Micha said on April 12th at 3:49 pm :

    Great choice. He reminds me somehow of Nick Drake. But without this dark side in the songs.

    btw. Am also from Germany and reading this blog for ages now. Keep up the cool work :)

    And this CD will definetly will get bought :)

  9. Manu â„¢ said on April 16th at 4:48 am :

    great!

  10. Anonymous said on April 20th at 11:17 pm :

    Awesome song!! Can’t get enough!!!

  11. fabíola (brazil) said on April 26th at 6:46 am :

    thanks for the song!!
    its wonderfull, i have been looking for ir for a while, now i have it!!
    ;0)

  12. scory said on April 29th at 9:47 am :

    As of Sunday, April 29th, “The Other Side of the Sea” is available on iTunes, though still no word on a US CD release.

  13. Ian said on April 29th at 12:31 pm :

    i think if eddie vedder & nick drake had a son, this is what his voice would sound like. great song. i’ll be grabbing this off emusic asap.

  14. Anonymous said on May 1st at 2:01 pm :

    Thank you so much for sharing this… perfectly fits my day.

  15. lj: devour_me said on May 13th at 1:28 pm :

    I’d agree with the immediate Badly Drawn Boy comparison (Once Around the Block!), but I’m surprised no one has mentioned Beck’s album Sea of Change. Interesting track!

  16. Music Download » Aurgasm Interview: Jason Bentley said on June 22nd at 7:44 pm :

    […] [Fun Fact: The prototypal creator Jason had on Morning Becomes Eclectic after he became the patron was an Aurgasm feature! Oren Lavie performed on MBE on Dec 2, 2008. We prototypal featured Oren in primeval 2007.] […]

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