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Song of the Day: Beth Orton – Magpie

Posted on
27 Aug 2012
by
Ricky

beth orton magpie

It’s been six long years since Beth Orton released new music. That’s a long time. To recap, here are some things that also happened in 2006.

– Winter Olympics happen in Turin. It’s also known as the one that everyone forgot
– Montenegro declares independence, making the show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego even harder for kids
– Italy wins the world cup after Zidane headbutts some dude
– Windows Vista is released
– Suri Cruise was born
– The Departed wins best picture
– Taylor Hicks was a thing
– Justin Bieber was 12

Here were some songs from 2006
– James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful”
– Justin Timberlake – “Sexyback”
– Nelly Furtado – “Promiscuous”
– Peter Bjorn and John – “Young Folks”
– Hot Chip – “Over and Over”

So yeah, it has been a while. A critically acclaimed singer-songwriter that grew in stature in the late 90s, Beth Orton went on hiatus immediately after becoming a mother. Now that the kid is probably six or seven and the novelty has worn off, she has decided rise from the ashes and grace us with a new tune.

Magpie is the first single off her new record Sugaring Season and it once again features her glorious voice over a simple guitar arrangement that slowly gets more and more interesting as the track moves on. It sounds conventional, but anyone who has heard Beth Orton before knows that there is always more then meets the eye.. like a transformer.

Check it out

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