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.BIG AL AND THE HEAVYWEIGHTS
WORLD FULL OF TROUBLE
NEW MOON JELLY ROLL FREEDOM ROCKERS
VOLUME ONE
ALLISON THRASH
DO YOU COME WITH THE DRINK?
BOB BROZMAN
– Post-Industrial Blues
SUGAR BLUE
Threshold
Jonn Del Toro Richardson
Tengo Blues
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