Sally Seltmann - Heart That's Pounding
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:45PM 
Australian singer/songwriter Sally Seltmann shares more with Leslie Feist than just co-writing credits on Feist's hit (and iPod commercial sensation) "1-2-3-4". Along with claiming the same recording label (Canada's Arts and Crafts), both have that particularly ingenious skill that entails concocting intelligent, hook-riddled pop songs that manage to skirt any detrimental semblance of mainstream pap -- something that has given them (along with the likes of Beth Orton or Regina Spektor) both indie cred and, in Feist's case, commercial success. After two fine albums under her original moniker New Buffalo, Seltmann has claimed her own name -- and a bid for a major breakthrough -- on her forthcoming April 6 album Heart That's Pounding.
In a subtle shift from her '07 album Somewhere, Anywhere, these eleven tracks offer Seltmann's keyboard-based songs and lovely, unaffected vocals with a more opulent production. By turns whimsical ("5 Stars", "Dream About Changin", "Sentimental Seeker"), intimately confessional ("I Tossed A Coin") or gloriously anthemic (lead single "Harmony To My Heartbeat"), Heart beats with an ambitious and unabashedly sunny charm. Even black-clad, angst-ridden hipsters may come under the spell. We sure have. Highly recommended. Watch the video for "Harmony To My Heartbeat" after the jump...
Sally Seltmann - "Harmony To My Heartbeat" (from the album Heart That's Pounding)
Sally Seltmann - "Heart That's Pounding" (from the album Heart That's Pounding)
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