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| Talia Applebaum - News & Reviews |
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Review from The Jerusalem Post
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TALIA APPLEBAUM
Flashes in the Darkness
(Self-release)
Probably not related to Tribe Called Quest muse Bonita Applebaum, Talia is a Breslov Hassidic matriarch whose first album, Flashes in the Darkness, was recorded in a women-only studio. The album's songs concern themselves with Applebaum's lifestyle and her religious devotion.
Urging us to "Communicate / At the cheapest rate / With the One above," "Turbulent Times" sports some upbeat and pleasant vocals. A Hassidic version of "Dirty Pot Blues," with show tune-inspired sass, is about the tribulations of doing the dishes. Yet despite the humdrum difficulties of maintaining a household, Applebaum reminds herself on "Doing My Best" that "To get it together / Is for what I strive."
The disc closes with a pair of deeper cuts that take things down a different path. "The Task" and "Sing a New Song" have a driven, almost tribal feel, with the latter's repeated chanting spiraling off into secondary melodies that flow into each other.
Sometimes heady, sometimes hokey, Flashes in the Darkness is partially a complex expression of devotion to the Divine and partially a child-friendly religious family support exercise.
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