The disco strings, funk riffs, and a good deal of the “Number one blues singer in the country” cheerleader-speak that colored 1994’s Orange are absent.
The great thing about Jack Frost singer Steve Kilbey is that he always sounds so damn amused as he weaves his lyrical web of enchanted mystic nonsense.
If you’ve sat in a quiet, ancient movie theater and listened to the ghosts of old dreams, old laughs, old wars, awkward dates, you’ll appreciate Harold Budd.
Completely and utterly screwy. How else to describe an album containing “We Wish You A Delirious Christmas” and “The Dance of the Heavy Metal Fairies”?
I hate calling punk songs pretty, but sometimes Good Riddance comes close, and “A Credit to His Gender,” featuring Cinder Block (Tilt), is a perfect example.