Perfect Animal

This band is really talented, and in ways you don't see everyday. Influences I hear include a mashup of Joni Mitchell (in her experimental vein), Yes (lots of Yes), and even occasionally the Doors, all packaged in a suitably indie band sound. It's mesmerizing, and it takes a lot to mesmerize me. The big surprise was the quality of their (her?) compositions and arrangements, which are complex and interesting. The only reason I didn't give five stars is because they included too many covers of other songs. They don't need to do covers (although I really liked "Higher Love"). Their own stuff is compelling -- and boy does it sound hard to perform.

Like another reviewer the NPR interview with Becca Stevens inspired me to purchase the CD. I like it and look forward to her next recording. Becca is an innovative voice in a crowd of copy cats. The evolution of her work reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell but, to the best of my knowledge, Becca does not collaborate. Joni Mitchell's repertoire was (I believe) improved by collaboration with other performers (e.g., Jaco Pastorius). Becca gives enormous credit to her "Band" but consider the possibilities...

A beautiful album. "Imperfect Animals" gets under the skin with its intelligent lyrics, lovely harmonies, and production. This is what I think of as "interesting pop music." There are some great videos of songs from this and other albums by Becca Stevens.

I heard an interview with Becca Stevens on NPR and the cuts they played from this album intrigued me. After repeated listening, I find her rhythms and harmonies just as compelling as I did hearing her interview on the radio. I find some lyrics puzzling, but the music is what is most important to me, so it's a solid "like."

Becca is a Musical Genius with an Incredible gift of songwriting, singing, and all string instruments which she makes magic with!

I've listened to this album probably over fifty times and I'm still not tired of it. There's so much variety through the album, even some covers (which are superb), and there's not one song I would skip over.

Love it. Perfect Animal is perfectly edgy, restless, and unpredictable. She breaks away from traditional chord progressions, clichéd melodies and comes up with a work that is original, wild, earthy, yet intimate. Good luck Becca Stevens Band. This old guy loves your sound!

Love this singer and her original songs. Great sound. Great transaction with a quality seller! Very quickly shipped.

Amazing and very individual talent. Lots of beautiful compositions and arrangements. Great musicianship and oh that voice.As has been mentioned there are hints of Joni Mitchell, jazz, prog, folk and rock all melded into a very original sound. This and the previous CD Weightless have become essential listening for me. Hope I get a chance to catch her / them live very soon.

Excellent cd

Man kommt (noch) nicht umhin, andere große, weibliche Singer/Songwriter zu erwähnen, um Becca Stevens' Musik zu beschreiben. Ja, und als erstes muss man da Joni Mitchell nennen und dann u.a. Tori Amos, Kate Bush und auch Björk (mit der Becca S. schon zusammen gespielt/gesungen hat).Wie bei anderen, wirklich großen Alben von wirklich großen Musikern kann man aber auch hier sagen, dass die anderen großen Namen nur zur Einordnung dienen. Selbst wenn man gewisse Ähnlichkeiten zu den genannten Ikonen bzgl. ganz unterschiedlicher Aspekte hören kann, so liegt doch ganz sicher keine Kopiererei vor; gerade nicht, wenn Becca Stevens Songs anderer Künstler in ihrer Weise "umbaut" und vorträgt.Alles ist melodisch und rhythmisch(!) sehr vielfältig, fein differenziert/verwoben und emotional packend ausgedacht, eingeübt und aufgenommen. Eine hervorragendene Band, die auch richtigen Jazz(rock) richtig drauf hätte, mit einem großen Spektrum an akustischen und elektrischen Klängen - Keys/Akkord., Bässe, BariSax, (e)Gitarren, Drums/Perk., "Chor" - vernetzt B. Stevens' unwiderstehlichen Gesang und ihr Spiel auf Gitarren, Ukulele, Charango und N'goni. Ich vermute, zumindest Tastenmann Liam Robinson hat - musikalisch - mehr als nur eine Begleiterrolle.Von Ihren anderen Alben sind zumindest Weightless und Regina auch sehr bis sau gut, aber Perfect Animal ist musikalisch bislang das interessanteste, m.E. das beste Album dieser neuen(?) Singer/Songwriter-"Göttin". Wer die Chance bekommt, sie und ihre Band live zu erleben, sollte das unbedingt tun.

Ho comperato questo Album dopo averne ascoltato un brano durante la trasmissione di Gege Telesforo su Radio 24, Sound CheckIl suono della musica - come sempre, ottimo consiglio!!!

Album fabuleux de becca stevens entre folk et pop mais surtout des compositions extrêmement soignées qui vous font voyager dans son univers...je recommande..

Great voice

In manchen Augenblicken jedoch sehr anmutigund überraschend. Eine kleine feine Neuentdeckung.Macht neugierig auf nächste Lieder von Becca Stevens.