Johnny White cover.
vrijdag 2 augustus 2019
Capsule review: Kevin Ayers - Bananamour (1973)
There's a deliberate unity of sound, all those girl singers and horns everywhere. Someone must've told the artist to get it together. There's no escaping the lusciousness on this record. Took me a while to get into, but the experience paid back in spades. What songs. Lyrically he's focussed and razorsharp. 'Decadence' slices through all stylistic barriers with its alien soundscape.
Capsule review: Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing (1972)
My favorite. A feast of moods and settings, from the orchestral opulence of opener 'There is loving / Among us / There is loving' to the frightening clang (shlock horror) of 'Song from the bottom of a well' and from the sunkissed majesty of the harmony drenched title track to the Lou Reed riffing of 'Stranger in blue suede shoes'. There's some C&W and dixieland jazz too. But it's all in the service of the songs. Recommended as a starting point for those who like variety (like me).
Capsule review: Kevin Ayers - Shooting at the moon (1970)
The band takes over the record. Too much noodling, not enough Ayers.
Capsule review: Club moral - User handbook (2004)
Here's an idea. Don't mess up your mystique.
The second 2004 Club Moral album - I like a whole lot more than the first. Make no mistake, play anything after this and it'll sound melodic. These are industrial grind grooves skronking their way towards infinitum. But... bluesy, in a way. Hypnotic. Mauro's guitar is part of that.
But do they have to tell you up front all the lyrics are sourced from a car manual? Unknowing, they could've sounded mysterious and suggestive (possibly). Knowing, just prosaic. Keep your process to yourself, just let me hear the results.
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