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Lo-Fi... Schmo-Fi...,
By James Fisch "Jamie Fisch" (Southampton, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Versus the Whole Goddam Stinkin' World (Audio CD)
As a long term fan of R. Stevie I don't think he's ever sounded better than on this album, and that really IS a mega complement. This is a bold album that takes on any style of music. Albums like this don't seem to be made any more. I can't liken it to anything else really... but if you took something like Todd Rungren's Something Anything or Wizard a True Star and set it forward 30 years in time you might be getting close. Or maybe not. The music drifts from pop balladry (Swann Catalog/Norway/Split Second), guitar thrash (Subjectivity) to jazzy synthesiser/drum machine (Name Tag the Extretainer/Fridge Magnet), and more. It also has quite a psychedelic feel to it, namely the highpoint of the album, a version of one of Steve's early songs I Go Into Your Mind, which was done almost entirely by Yung (including a beautiful vocal - in fact all of Yung's vocals here are extremely good) and features various orchestral instruments and mellotrons - like the Amazon description says, it has a certain Flaming Lips-ness about it. There's some smart musicianship here as well. Both can let rip on the guitar with considerable technical zest. And Yung's nimble keyboard playing is also impressive.
It's been said many times that R Stevie Moore is one of pop's great lost treasures, and maybe Yung is too - he seems to have dozens of his own releases mentioned on the Moore website, and also seems to have taken the lead role in this album. The sad thing here is that this album will probably vanish without a making even the smallest mark on the commercial music world - maybe a few thousand discerning music lovers dotted around the globe - when actually there is much here with the potential to reach a wide audience. Yung and Moore are just too varied to get through the narrow minds of the music industry. How do you categorise it? Why try? Just jump in and submerge yourself in a great musical adventure. Jamie Fisch.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Speechless...,
By head 12 (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Versus the Whole Goddam Stinkin' World (Audio CD)
I just LOVE these guys, both R Stevie Moore and Yukio Yung. In fact, I've been into Moore for at least 20 years now. This album is a revelation. Its kind of like the master of DIY pop in the hands of his young apprentice. This DEMANDS an audience - it'll be a criminal if soungs like Schwanns Catalog, Split Second and I Go Into Your Mind vanish into obscurity. Spread the word! Buy it for your family and friends! Christmas is coming for Gods sake!
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