08092014 - Caroline "Murmurs"

Very pretty, very ethereal pop, the kind that sounds like the whispers of songs sung by the ghosts of elves in a dream. Japanese-American singer Caroline Lufkin released this album in 2006, and must have stood out as a former J-pop artist with this frail experimental electronica based record that floats by and seems to just graze your eardrums in the passing. Mind you, her voice, although mostly dreamy and soft, can also take angel wings and soar, as on "I'll Leave My Heart Behind". Quirky and semi-strange at times, but an album that somehow keeps my attention, even though many of the songs have a seemingly very similar structure. Just lovely!