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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Lamb - Between Darkness and Wonder
I was sitting in a local Borders the other day when Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue came on. And then went off. And then back on. Surprisingly, though the song on the store's sound system kept echoing a few bars of Gershwin interspersed with the stuff of dance/electronica, the effect was pleasing rather than horrifying (there's a piece based on Albinoni's Adagio that should earn its composer a bullet). Better, the album has stranger stuff in store.
"Wonder" sounds like Delerium's Rhys Fulber got together with Peter, Paul and Mary, laid down a few tracks and had the Portishead crew do the final mix. The best piece on the album, however, is "Learn," a plaintive meditation of the modern sort (i.e., not as deep as it sounds) over a string arrangement of the sort Kronos Quartet favors (I'm not sure I haven't heard the string piece alone, but haven't been able to place it).
Parts of the album may tend to grate, particularly on some listeners, but for those who have accepted (or, God forbid, liked!) the new direction Delerium has been taking, this release from Lamb should please.
posted by gbarto at 11:36 PM
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