Music Review
Monday, September 20, 2004

OK, I will curb the political rants for a while, there has been a lot lately. I just wanted to redirect you to a great review my friend Kathy did for the Twilight Singers - She Loves You CD. This is Greg Dulli's new project since Afghan Whigs broke up. This is actually their 3rd CD and are all covers but you would have never guessed it by listening to it. Greg has a way of taking any song and making it his own. Anyways, please follow the link for the review and remember to bookmark it.

http://lalasandhandclaps.blogspot.com/

I will give you a review of the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds CD - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus.
This is an amazing cd that everyone should own. It will become a classic Nick Cave, a lot better than Nocturama and just as good as the Boatman's Call. Abattoir Blues starts out loud and rockin with Nick belting out "Get Ready For Love". One thing that is new are all the background vocals done by a chorus of women. They are more in line with the Happy Monday's acid house gospel voices than the duets that were all over Murder Ballads. Nick Cave uses these on more than 1 song, at first I thought it was going to be overkill but it sounds great. Nick is starting to take on a Tom Waits approach to his recording, mixing up his traditional piano ballads with more noise inspired rock songs. It really sounds like he has discovered something new and is not bored with his recordings. "There She Goes, My Beautiful World" is probably the most radio friendly song on the cd with a killer crescendo into the most rockin hymn I have ever heard. "The Lyre of Orpheus" is the typical piano story song but the guitar really makes it, cradling the melody like a pair of lovers. On "Breathless" there is a flute that starts the song out keeps it lighthearted til the end. There are 17 songs spanning 2 cds and is pretty much solid from start to finish. This would be a great cd to see live, the songs are full and majestic at times. This is completely different than the Boatman's Call and No More Shall We Part which are both very intimate and beautiful. Nocturama had it moments but I felt was just thrown together. Nick has reclaimed his hard rockin songs which I thought were lost forever and has recorded some classics that can withstand the test of time.

Posted by mardenhill 9/20/2004 08:23:00 PM    

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