I had the pleasure of interviewing Hazel Brown of Melbourne art-pop trio Otouto last week, which led me to an Unearthed page with several of the songs that constituted the solo project that eventually became her current bad. While these tracks don't have quite the same spiky, rhythmic quirk and space about them, her voice is still a little enchanting and a lot of the building blocks and raw grey matter remain. She does utilise a more conventional songwriting style and a more full bodied approach to instrumentation, with a robust, soulful rhythm section bobbing along to her crooning. While still featuring the drumming of present drummer and collaborator Kishore Ryan it's a little busier than Otouto, and though arguably not quite as hip or inventive (Brown seemed herself hesitant to admit the comparative merits of her earlier work) tracks like Calligraphy still have more than enough merit to warrant many a listen.
i know more than one person who is totally in love with hazel brown. She must be some kind of myth, the way they talk about her...
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