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:

More reviews tagged #Blues

  • reviewed 06/2008

    SOLOMON BURKE
    LIKE A FIRE

  • reviewed 02/2014

    MICHAEL PACKER
    I Am The Blues - My Story

  • reviewed 02/2012

    JOE LOUIS WALKER
    HELLFIRE

  • reviewed 08/2017

    "Big" Al Dorn & The Blues Howlers
    They Call Me Big Al

  • reviewed 01/2012

    THE RUSTY WRIGHT BAND
    Live Fire

  • reviewed 08/2016

    Adrienne Fenemor's Kiwi Blue
    Blues Jam

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.