It might seem easy to come up with a catchy name for a song and an album title, but it still requires a hefty dose of imagination and good sense.
Of course, at the same time, for such a title to have a real effect, it has to be backed up by equally imaginative and listenable music.
NYC singer-songwriter Jessie Kilguss has used one such imaginative title for the album (and the title song) for her latest album What Do Whales Dream About at Night?
Actually, both the album title and the song that represents it were inspired by a poem (“Headphones”) by Ukrainian poet SERHIY ZHADAN, which takes place during the war in Ukraine.
And yes, on that song, as well as elsewhere on this album, Kilguss, presents herself as an artist that has both imagination and capabilities to come up with sophisticated pop and substantive lyrics that are both easy on the ear, and at the same time engaging that grey mass located between the ears. So it is no wonder that this former actress cites Marianne Faithfull and Mary Margaret O’Hara, two other singer-songwriters with the same approach to music.
With such an approach it was not hard for Kilguss to gather a stellar crew that has played with ‘almost everybody’ – from Patti Smith, and Lana Del Rey to David Crosby and David Byrne, coming up with an engaging, sophisticated pop album.
