Summer loving!
Colbie Caillat
Coco
(Universal)
By Lennat Mak
Choice Cut : ''Bubbly,'' ''The Little Things,'' ''Feelings Show,'' ''Magic''
Here's a little story that everyone must know about Colbie Caillat first. Despite her background (her dad co-produced Fleetwood Mac), Colbie took the underdog route by uploading her track "Bubbly" to social networking site MySpace and became an Internet musical sensation in her own right. There must be something special about this 22-year-old who wrote her first song after her first guitar lesson.
And when you pop in her major label debut, Coco, in the stereo to check out what the fuss is all about, you'd find that the California girl has quite mastered the art of acoustic folk pop. Taking a leaf out of the book of Jack Johnson, Colbie not only has the mellow and laid back vibe down pat, she also concocts a vivid imagery of lazy afternoons, warm summer breeze and the lulling sound of the ocean though her songs like "Bubbly, "The Little Things," and "Midnight Bottle." Add in her flair for melody hooks, those songs are definitely perfect radio-friendly pop nuggets that not only rule the airwaves, but stick in your mind for a long time as well.
Despite the general polished sheen of the album, the most wonderful thing about Colbie is that she sings with a lot of heart and soul, which makes Coco a sincere and unassumingly delightful soundtrack for this summer.
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