Sia Some People Have Real Problems

Sia Some People Have Real ProblemsSome People Have Real Problems is Sia's first release on the Starbucks affiliated Hear Music label, following acts like Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell. Given the burst of attention Sia got when her song "Breathe Me" was used to excellent effect in the final scenes of the series finale of the HBO show Six Feet Under, which brought the Australian singer songwriter to a much wider audience than was familiar with her earlier work with Zero 7 and Massive

an album that should not only quiet accusations of sonic sameness but win over new fans

the indie supergroup seems to be having a grand time constructing their walls of sound

but Turner fetishes the swinging sci-fi '60s

once the subtle-yet-undeniable refrains of such tracks as "Crab

Break The News**

1 - Antibalas Side Five: 1

" along with a representative portion of album cuts -- show how Bad Company offered more than those well-known songs

" throwbacks to the dusty conceptual sweep of Tumbleweed Connection in the form of "The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34)

but unbeknown to them the group had something even slicker up its sleeve

Touter (piano

and MC Ren writing the songs

and marks a cathartic and self-affirming moment for an artist who found her voice by realizing it's been there all along