Gabby Young and Other Animals
Bear With Me (Albino Recordings)
This debut EP from now London-based Gabby Young is a truly unique mixture of musical styles. Starting with the big band sound of ‘Snakebite’ it sounds like a show song. A jazz style comes through that is prevalent in most of the songs here and you can hear the classical vocal training is Gabby’s amazing voice.
‘Tiger’ starts out as an acoustic folk number with Gabby sounding a little like Joni Mitchell in parts with her pitch-perfect falsetto vocals. When the band breaks in, the sound is that of an opening sequence from a Bond movie and it interplays well with the opening.
‘Mole’ really shows off the vocal brilliance, accompanied by just a piano and acoustic guitar. The shifts from major to minor are spot on and, forgive the sappy reference, but Gabby truly does have an angelic voice.
Finished of with the heavier Jazz influenced ‘Down’ this EP is a great intro to Gabby Young. A potential great and hopefully we’ll be hearing a lot more of her in the near future.
Gordon Neil
