Diandra Reviews It All

15 ALBUMS! Just take the time to absorb that concept. FIFTEEN ALBUMS is what Tori Amos has created with the release of her newest record Native Invader. It is a fascinating concept that mystically observes the of protest, tenderness and pain that fumed through our country’s recent history. Never to shy from a sense magic or a lyrics with human/ political weight, Tori Amos fifteenth album is as fresh as her first.
Tori Amos – Reindeer King (Lyric Video)

Feast is a perfect term to describe Native Invader. It is a plethora of fruitful wisdom, meaty sentiments, and melodies that sound breaded in warmed, crusted keys are on display for you to bite and tear. Note: I am using words like crusted, bite, and tear to describe this album, which, in many ways, describes the current state of the U.S. The complex influence of America’s alt-right Super PACs, lobbyists and think tanks informs much of the tension in Native Invader, which observes the country’s potential to self-destruct from its own citizens’s hands as more probable.This can be heard in tracks like, “Reindeer King”, “Bats”, “Russia”, and “Bang”, of which Amos makes it is clear that the world is on a downhill slope after the 2016 election, and its refusal to see, despite events like Hurricane Harvey, that climate change might be the biggest threat to human existence that has ever been ignored. Amos’ has Native American lineage with her mother’s family living in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains. Thus, it is deep-seeded in her origins that how we see the environment is vital to saving it, and, right now, we are not witnessing its beauty. “Up The Creek”, “Cloud Riders”, and “Wildwood”, all carry a saddened beauty. It is as if you hear the wind gushing through mountains, the water rippling across rivers, and the leaves dropping as her melodies float like the details of a dark fairytale such as, Pan’s Labyrinth. You are listening to the story of a blind man called humanity, who begged to see light again, without realizing that the only reason he was “blind” is because he never opened his eyes. In a time, where self-awareness and personal responsibility seem to be as endangered as coastlines, it is refreshing to hear someone say, “You have a role to play even if you do not want to act!”. Yet, you cannot help to feel like Tori Amos is like the Prophetess Cassandra from the tale of Troy. She predicted the great war before it occurred, and no one believed her; only in loss did they see what her wisdom would have gained them or, at least, prevented.Tori Amos – Up The Creek (Audio)

Native Invader proves why Tori Amos is so beloved and followed; we need music intellectualism. We need artists who put a mirror to humanity, and say, “YOU NEED TO LOOK!”. Yet, Amos reflection is so magically regal that you want to look. You want to see how humanity is crushing its light because Amos makes it feel preventable. Her voice drops notes like a rose that withers and rebirths itself from a refusal to wane into non-existence. From “Mary’s Eyes” to “Broken Arrow”, she cowls, calls, and whimpers her voice to show that you don’t have to fade humanity: there is still hope that you can turn it all more positively around. To Buy Native Invader And Learn More About Tori Amos On September 8 Click Here.
Tori Amos – Cloud Riders (Lyric Video)