Kevin Bronson on April 29th, 2013

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Melissa Ann Sweat makes small things seem like big things. As Lady Lazarus, the poet-artist-musician deals in minimalist compositions that seem like folk tunes afloat in a slow-moving current – music that, like the new video for “Gleam,” seems to suggest a certain detachment from a world that’s moving too fast. It’s a relatable sentiment, and while her album “All My Love in Half Light” (which came out in January as the follow-up to 2011’s “Mantic”) has earned praise from the likes of Pitchfork and others, it comes off as more of a sketchbook than a portrait in this (minority) opinion. Engage.

||| Download: “Lapsarian”

||| Live: Lady Lazarus performs May 15 at the Hotel Café.

||| Also: After the jump, check out the video for “Lapsarian”: