Hope Sandoval + the Warm Inventions, "Bavarian
Fruit Bread." Whether or not you like this cd
depends on how you like the central conceit of
Ms. Sandoval's singing. A little girl Lolita
voice, distant, bored and slutty, without much
range or power against vaguely folky, postmodern
country--not quite slowcore, not quite
pyschidelic. I like the vaporous, desultory
sound myself, but not all the time. This is
firmly a 2AM cd.

Halou, "Wiser." If you can't wait for new Lamb
cd to migrate to the states, Halou's new one
should be good for what ails ya. Electronic,
sample-happy music, with nods to torch, pop, St.
Etienne, Everything But the Girl and Massive
Attack. The singer Rebecca has a gorgeous voice,
and while her lyrics aren't groundbreaking, her
dramatic delivery of them is arresting. When she
sings, I hear Liz Fraser, Sarah Cracknell, and
even Sinead O'Connor. Ryan's backdrop is rich
and varied--jazz, fuzz-guitar, strings appear in
the background, but he doesn't upstage his wife's
voice. A high priority for folks into
"femme-tronica".

--Craig


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will."--Antonio Gramsci

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