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.
DEVON ALLMAN'S HONEYTRIBE
SPACE AGE BLUES
Various Artists -
The Champions of R&B
Keb' Mo'
BLUESAMERICANA
SANDY CARROLL
Unnaturally Blonde
GEOFF MULDAUR AND THE TEXAS SHEIKS
TEXAS SHEIKS
TAD ROBINSON
BACK IN STYLE
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