Sia: ‘I Go To Sleep’

Sia - ‘I Go To Sleep’

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Australia’s sultry expat Sia has, like many Aussie musicians, found more sucecss abroad than on home turf. It’s been a while since she released her own solo LP – the last being Colour the Small One in 2004 – but January 2008 will see her release her fourth solo record Some People Have REAL Problems.

The first single off the album is ‘Day Too Soon’ and there’s a sweet remix of that tune I’ll post up soon, but ‘I Go To Sleep’ is another taste from the forthcoming record and sees Sia chanelling Chrissie Amphlett in this lush reimagining of the Pretenders hit. Stirring strings and a soft piano melody are the perfect accompaniment to Sia’s distinctive husky, jazz vocal tones. Its dreamy, slow-paced aesthetic recalls much of the material off Colour the Small One and is quite faithful to the original, with the strings replacing the harpsichord and muted trumpet of The Pretenders version.

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