No pyrotechnics, no drama. Sarah McLachlan effectively gets under your skin with subtlety and poise with aptly titled “Building a Mystery.” How does she do that?
- sticking to a pentatonic scale, which has an open sound that’s neither happy nor sad
- dwelling often on a note that doesn’t belong to most of the underlying chords, to emphasize the ambiguity
- restraining herself to a narrow range and a handful of notes to draw attention to the words, subtle vocal gestures and let the performance and production create an atmosphere
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