The focus of this discovery centers on two songs, "Deep Sleep" and "Never Played The Bass." Though having heard the album "More Cracks" in its entirety (find and listen to "Sound Of My Gun"), the album from start to finish is just awesome.
The upbeat nature of the song sure makes you feel like trading in staying in bed all day under the covers for jumping up and down like we all did as kids. There is an element in the song that is an African and French-language lullaby that Nabiha's mother sang to her as a child. This inclusion makes for a wonderful ode to not only her mother but as well as to her family's west African roots. One last thing about song. While contextually they share no similarity, there is just something about the beat that reminds me of the song "Peter Gunn" from the amazing Verve Remixed series. Come to think of it, I can already picture the joy and splendor of Nabiha doing a cover of a track from the iconic Verve catalog.
If there is someone to be a successor to Sharon Jones (of Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings), I would consider this to be Nabiha's application for the job. There is just a lot of things here that remind me of when I caught Jones' set at Bumbershoot 2006. Nabiha's sound just makes you want to get up and dance much in the same way you listen to The Go! Team or Cansei de Ser Sexy.
"More Cracks" an updated version of her 2009 debut, "Cracks" which serves as an introduction of what's to come for us Yanks while she works on new material for a release sometime this year. This February will mark her debut here in the US with performances in New York (Rockwood Music Hall on the 12th) and Los Angeles (Hotel Cafe on the 25th). From what I've just listened to, she is going to make more than just cracks over here.
Nabiha (official website)
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