On this, her debut album, Orton successfully layered these two divergent influences-electronic adventure and folk revivalism-- to create a breakthrough sound, a sort of trip-folk for a new millennium. Orton's voice provides the connective tissue. Whether floating like an ethereal dream or grounded in languorous intensity, it can evoke passion or hint at a distant ennui. The album's often light and airy arrangements belie a dark underbelly, with moments of delicious spite and anger. Jumping from more traditional folk rockers to the chirps, squeaks and beeps of a contemporary hallucination, Trailer Park comes off as smart trip into new musical territory. It's well worth a full tank of gas to travel it.
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