"Not At All" appreciation thread

[Malavita]

My apologies if this is better placed in the Hope discussion, but it seems all conversations have pretty much moved over here?

Can any one else see a bit of a Norah Jones quality in the folky, unardorned vocal turn on "Not At All?" I don't mean to say there is an influence by any means, just kind of a parallel. I find it refreshing, a real live human vocal take atop that cascading fingerpicked guitar and vibes - no affect, no effects for the most part.

I was also thinking that since watergrasshill regretfully never saw light of day, could it be that the project morphed into the new Hope album? It seems to me that Hope (and Mazzy too generally) likes to let the songwriting process gestate over a long term and take whatever turns along the way, not unlike Leonard Cohen.

[Hermesacat]

The names of the musicians on Hope's forthcoming HS&TWI single are now known, & none of them are members of Dirt Blue Gene. They are Hope, Colm, & Jim Putnam of a band I'm unfamiliar with called Radar Bros.
If the same goes for the album, "Not at All," attributed to Dirt Blue Gene (although only DBG's Charles Cullen actually appears on it), may not make the cut. I have heard others suggest Hope & Norah Jones' voices have similarities, but I haven't listened to enough Norah J. to offer my own comment.