Head over to Pitchfork to listen to the song: Listen Here so "Summertime"
Scarlett Johansson's musical career has been a strange one so far. First came the album Anywhere I Lay My Head, a collection of Tom Waits covers that was frankly not that great. TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek produced the album and it showed. None of the songs would have felt out of place on Sitek's Maximum Balloon side project. Following that was an album she made with Pete Yorn. That was actually recorded prior to Anywhere I Lay My Head, but put her voice more in the forefront. Now she's back and more in the background than ever with this track, "Summertime," a barely recognizable version of the Gershwin song. 3D, of Massive Attack fame, co-headlines with Johansson, as well as produces it.
The track is far more 3D than ScarJo. It has the same ominous trance feel that's familiar to any of Massive Attack's fans. Scarlett's voice is barely more than another texture in the song. This isn't really a bad thing, the best thing that can be said about the production on Anywhere I Lay My Head is that it keeps her voice mostly behind the music. This takes that idea to its most far-reaching conclusion though and barely includes her.
The music Johansson has released so far might not be the best, and this is probably no exception, but her career has certainly been intriguing. Most actresses turned singers are boring as all hell, but I'm actually interested in seeing what she does next.
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