ARTIST: Dido
TITLE: “Look No Further”
WEB DEBUT: Aug. 22, 2008
ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: The first album in five years from the British singer Dido, Safe Trip Home, comes out later this year, and this non-single from the record dispenses with the dance beats that made previous songs like “White Flag” a staple for music directors on lite-rock stations and soapy prime-time shows; instead; she sings over a barely-there string ensemble. The track is delicately pretty, and I swear, if you put it in front of your favorite music snob and said it was a new song by Feist or one of those other AC-except-in-the-marketing “indie” chanteuses, they would flip out for it. If only I worked in an office where I could try this experiment out on other unsuspecting knowledge workers…
WHERE TO FIND IT: Dido’s official site is parting with it in exchange for an e-mail address, but you can find it in other, less savory corners of the Internet.
Man, she actually called the album Safe Trip Home? She knows the joke about her, right? Why not call it Comfy Slippers?
I never understood why Dido got slammed for being too Middle-Of-The-Road while Jem, Beth Orton and Feist got a pass. Weird. Personally I like ‘em all, but I like pretty. Don’t judge me.
String ensemble? Not surprising, since this is produced by Jon Brion. Which also means it will be awesome.