1. Come On, Come Out **
2. The Minnow & The Trout
3. Whisper
4. You Picked Me **
5. Rangers
6. Almost Lover **
7. Think Of You
8. Ashes and Wine **
9. Liar, Liar
10. Last of Days
11. Lifesize
12. Near To You
13. Hope For The Hopeless
14. Bor­rowed Time

** Clear Favorites

“One Cell in the Sea” is rather piano heavy (real piano, not synth… though it fea­tures that too) and is a very calm, relaxed listen. It’s very melan­choly and a little on the sad side… Not in that “I’m going to kill myself the world hates me” sort of way, but more in the “you just ended a 6 year rela­tion­ship and moving on” sort of sad. Her voice projects a stun­ning amount of clar­ity and emo­tion that stands out on every track.

The album con­tains a toned-​down col­lec­tion of instru­ments which I think was a bril­liant move con­sid­er­ing how easy it is to throw instru­ments into a song to buff it up the sound. Like i men­tioned pre­vi­ously, this album is very toned down and relaxed. That isn’t to say it doesn’t convey strong emo­tion and it has an almost sneaky in its way that it gets into your head. The funny thing it’s not the words that get stuck in your head (exclud­ing one song that I’ve been play­ing the crap out of) but the melody. I’ve only had the CD 3 days and I’ve already caught myself hum­ming bars from some of the songs on here.

Clear favorites on the track list­ing have emerged for me, but that isn’t to take away from any of the others. Merely that some tacks touch me more than others and so they stand out. Specif­i­cally “Almost Lover” and “Ashes and Wine” were more than enough for my pur­chase to be val­i­dated. The only thing I could add is that the CD is slow. It lacks any­thing you could con­sider to be a “fast track” but I real­ized that all her music is basi­cally an exten­sion on her writ­ing (she wrote poetry before music) so it val­i­dates itself.

If you’re a fan of female singers, slow and/or melan­choly music, Chan­tal Kre­vi­azuk, or just good solid music over­all, then One Cell in the Sea is simply a must have. At the very least go have a listen on either their MySpace or directly on their site (they have a music player) and judge for yourself.

8.5/10