Sally Seltmann, born in 1975 as Sally Russell, grew up in Sydney, Australia, then resided in Melbourne. Until 2007, she performed as "New Buffalo". Sally was also a founding member of Lustre 4. When she became "New Buffalo", she released her first EP "About Last Night", followed by her debut full length CD "The Last Beautiful Day". Another CD ' Somewhere Anywhere" followed, making her new release "Heart That's Pounding" her third full length CD. Somewhere along this musical journey, Sally also write "1234" (aka Sally's Song) with/for Feist.

"Heart That's Pounding" cover:

Track listing:

Harmony To My Heartbeat
Set Me Free
On The Borderline
Book Song
Dream About Changing
Heart That's Pounding
I Tossed A Coin
Happy
The Truth
Sentimental Seeker
5 Stars
Dark Blue Angel

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The above tracks are basically sweet indie light pop in a variety of musical styles and tempo, nicely mixed so that all songs do not sound the same, often a problem with this genre. The opening track is the "focus" track of the album, it's a good song and good arrangement, but I prefer "Sentimental Seeker" and "On The Borderline" - which is NOT the Alison Krauss tune of the same title. An influence or idol may be revealed in "the title cut - Loudon Wainwright is mentioned/quoted in the lyrics. Sally's voice in "Set Me Free" reminds me of Phyllis Newman.  Overall, her voice has just enough of the Australian accent/pronunciations to make the lyrical experience interesting.

Further information on Sally can be found at: www.sallyseltmann.com

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