So the first few entries will just be me catching up with a bit of backlog... reviews that I've written in the past month or so and have already been published in BMA. First off the rack is Camille!
Camille
Music Hole
Virgin/EMI
My first reaction to hearing this record was one of absolute horror. Barking, meowing, squealing… what the hell has Camille done now?! Then I remembered who exactly I was listening to. The French songstress hasn’t made her name by writing conventional pop songs. She likes to push the envelope and does so brilliantly on this new album. Music Hole may initially offend the listener’s ear but given time it unfolds to reveal true beauty. This album is different to its predecessors in that the vast majority of it is sung in English. Any mystique lost with the axing of the French phrasing is made up tenfold with an explosion of innovative aural delights (ranging from operatic warbling to dirty beat-boxing). There is a fine line between genius and insanity. Animal sounds aside, Camille’s new work definitely leans towards the former.
Camille
Music Hole
Virgin/EMI
My first reaction to hearing this record was one of absolute horror. Barking, meowing, squealing… what the hell has Camille done now?! Then I remembered who exactly I was listening to. The French songstress hasn’t made her name by writing conventional pop songs. She likes to push the envelope and does so brilliantly on this new album. Music Hole may initially offend the listener’s ear but given time it unfolds to reveal true beauty. This album is different to its predecessors in that the vast majority of it is sung in English. Any mystique lost with the axing of the French phrasing is made up tenfold with an explosion of innovative aural delights (ranging from operatic warbling to dirty beat-boxing). There is a fine line between genius and insanity. Animal sounds aside, Camille’s new work definitely leans towards the former.
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