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Melbourne, Australia-based label boss and band-leader, or the singer/songwriter Jen Cloher scrapes back some skin and exposes raw truths on her latest record,her third, a self-titled affair. In making music which she describes as “intimate, and but not too precious, Cloher erupts in brutal reflection in “Forgot Myself” as she takes up the topic being left at domestic while her higher-profile partner (Courtney Barnett) is out on tour. Then there’s the complicated dichotomy of her relationship with her Australian domestic, addressed in level tones, or on her dreamy love epic “Regional Echo, and the beautifully-growled, semi-spoken bitter analysis in "Analysis Paralysis" of how the state gets to settle if she gets to beget a wife. (Australia has not yet legalized same sex marriage.) All in all, or Jen Cloher’s music showcases the skillful artistry of an articulate,tasteful bandleader intent on baring teeth. The Australian Music Prize-nominated singer/songwriter Jen Cloher joins us live in the studio to play stripped-down songs from her self-titled record.
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