There is a pictue of the artist on the front of the album as well as the inside of the cover, this meant that I could see the identity between the artist in the video and the artist on the front of the digipak. It will be interesting to see if she decides to pursue a more streamlined direction in the future, but by threading its widely eclectic range of influences together in such an impressively cohesive manner, Vows suggests she might never need to. One of the albums covers I feel this cover is very similar to is Kimbras album called Vows. Occasionally, this 'cover all bases' approach lacks focus, but for the most part, Kimbra's invention is a marvel to behold, as her enchanting and swooping jazz-pop tones glide across a veritable feast of sounds, from the hypnotic double basslines and '30s show tune harmonies of 'Good Intent' to the plinky piano hooks and rhythmic R&B grooves of opener 'Settle Down' while a beautifully gothic take on 'Plain Gold Ring' is one of the rare instances of a Nina Simone cover matching the original. Effortlessly flitting from bubblegum pop starlet on the playful old-skool beats and '60s doo wop vocals of 'Cameo Lover' to avant-garde banshee on the melancholic music box-inspired closer, 'The Build Up,' Kimbra's chameleon-like tendencies ensure that predictability is certainly never an issue on any one of its 12 genre-hopping tracks. I think actually Vows may be my 'least favorite' release of hers but its a very strong debut and the album that got me into her. Echoing the experimental nature of recent collaborator Gotye, whose number one single 'Somebody That I Used to Know' she stole the show on, New Zealand songstress Kimbra's debut album, Vows, is a schizophrenic affair that is almost impossible to pigeonhole. Anyway anything Kimbra releases I have no choice but to stan.

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