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.
												
			RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS
GROOVIN' IN GREASELAND
							
			BIG AL JANO
Some of My Best Friends Have the Blues
												
			JOSS STONE
The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2
												
			ANDERS OSBORNE
Three Free Amigos
												
			CHRISTINE OHLMAN & REBEL MONTEZ
THE DEEP END
												
			Big James and the Chicago Playboys
The Big Payback
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