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.
WATERMELON SLIM & THE WORKERS
BULL GOOSE ROOSTER
BRYAN LEE
SIX STRING THERAPY
TAD ROBINSON
BACK IN STYLE
Blind Lemon Pledge
Pledge Drive
Various Artists
Stax Does The Beatles
SUSAN TEDESCHI
BACK TO THE RIVER
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