Rabbits on the Run isn’t quite Carlton’s Extraordinary Machine, but the album signals that she just might be capable of such a magnum opus.
The Arctic Monkeys’s love affair with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme continues with the official lead single from their upcoming Suck It and See.
Heroes & Thieves finds Vanessa Carlton simply coasting.
When I assured her no one else was listening in on the conversation, she said: “I’ll just choose to believe you.”
The venue was filled with a mix of hardcore fans, label scouts, and curious out-of-towners.
The album is intelligent ear candy for those who don’t mind a sugar rush.
Carlton’s classical training surfaces throughout the album on ballads like “Rinse” and “Wanted,” but where her piano soars, her voice hesitates.