Album Reviews

Daniel August

Swallowed A Star

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.

Quick Links:

Daniel Agust Online

all reviews | all blues reviews

More reviews tagged #Blues

reviewed 09/2008
LIZ MANDEVILLE
RED TOP
reviewed 11/2010
THE STEVE WIGGINS BAND
Precious Cargo
reviewed 02/2008
OTIS TAYLOR
Recapturing the Banjo
reviewed 10/2010
DUKE ROBILLARD
PASSPORT TO THE BLUES
reviewed 07/2012
TIM "TOO SLIM" LANGFORD
Broken Halo
reviewed 10/2010
ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE
Electric Wire Hustle

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.