2007-03-11
The former Gus Gus frontman stays in beautiful form on Swallowed A Star. With a voice that sounds like a cross between Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan and David Gray, Agust delivers rather catchy melodies atop of some fine electronically-tinged programming courtesy of Bix. Music-wise, think of Mark Bell's (of LFO on Warp Records) productions for Bjork and Depeche Mode. Combine the two (production and voice), and you have an album that is surprisingly fresh and worthy of another (many) listen (s), often times a rarity these days.
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Live for Today
RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS
GROOVIN' IN GREASELAND
TIM "TOO SLIM" LANGFORD
Broken Halo
JOHNNY AND THE MoTONES
NOTHIN' TO LOSE
POPA CHUBBY
DELIVERIES AFTER DARK
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