Myriam Gendron – Not So Deep As A Well

When I discovered this album I wasn’t really listening to music that sounds like this. It’s mostly just vocals and finger-plucked guitar, a folky singer-songwriter sound on first listen. I came across it when I started working at the Low Company record store in 2017. I don’t think I listened to anything else for months. I was fascinated with the idea of this record. Myriam Gendron had taken Dorothy Parker's poems and interpreted them into songs. Perhaps not a new idea, but definitely a new idea for me. Poetry is an art form I’ve never really become immersed in so I am glad Gendron decided to turn these poems into songs so I could discover Dorothy’s work. I’m just amazed at how well she did it. The emotional impact of the words touches me even more so because of the beautiful instrumentation and melodies that Gendron has employed. This album kept me company for a while when I had first moved to London and didn't know a lot of people yet and it's quite an introspective record. And that probably suited my mood, discovering this big new city.