Review: Jane Siberry haunts, stirs on ‘Angels Bend Closer’
Jane Siberry, “Angels Bend Closer” (Sheeba Music)
Jane Siberry twists genres and conventions on “Angels Bend Closer,” a haunting, uplifting album befitting her eclectic style.
On the Canadian’s first major release in five years, Siberry’s lyrics arrive like emotional gushes barely contained by their musical frames, mostly lavish ballads with a bounty of details.
Nearly seven minutes long, “Morag” encapsulates several aspects of the album and Siberry’s intense diversity — nearly stream-of-consciousness lyrics with few rhymes but plenty of reason, swirling melodies, crisscrossing arrangements and messages of reflection and redemption.