Post by NattyDread on Jan 24, 2006 16:12:04 GMT -5
I'm not much of writer, so here are two reviews:
review 1
review 2
I somewhat doubted that I could really like the record, since I never liked Belle & Sebastian. A single spin of the record blew all those worries away (well, most of them).
The first song "Deus Ibi Est" is one of the best of the record. It's mainly a drumbeat, a chord and Mark Lanegan/Isobel Campbell singing. Simple and yet very intense. Lanegan/Campbell does work indeed.
And that's the point: "Black Mountain" is sung completely by Campbell, and to be honest, the song is just too...feather-like.
It lacks this heavy, dark voice that perfectly counterparts Campbells voice in the other songs.
Same goes for "Saturday's gone", although this one ain't as stressfully floating as "Black Mountain".
Anyway, I recommend you give the record a try, it is worth it.
If you wanna listen to (the fantastic) Ramblin' Man, click here.
review 1
review 2
I somewhat doubted that I could really like the record, since I never liked Belle & Sebastian. A single spin of the record blew all those worries away (well, most of them).
The first song "Deus Ibi Est" is one of the best of the record. It's mainly a drumbeat, a chord and Mark Lanegan/Isobel Campbell singing. Simple and yet very intense. Lanegan/Campbell does work indeed.
And that's the point: "Black Mountain" is sung completely by Campbell, and to be honest, the song is just too...feather-like.
It lacks this heavy, dark voice that perfectly counterparts Campbells voice in the other songs.
Same goes for "Saturday's gone", although this one ain't as stressfully floating as "Black Mountain".
Anyway, I recommend you give the record a try, it is worth it.
If you wanna listen to (the fantastic) Ramblin' Man, click here.
