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Almost every album from the wildly prolific Charles Kittridge Thompson IV aka Frank Black aka Black Francis is touted as a return to form and Bluefinger is no exception. The fact that hes chosen to use the pseudonym most often associated with his Pixies heyday is promising. Less tempting is the news that the album is directly inspired by the life and times of the late Dutch junkie, rock star and artist Herman Brood (pronounced to rhyme with throat, and Francis does just that on the jaunty, biographical "Angels Come to Comfort You"). Yet Bluefinger is certainly energised. First single "Captain Pasty" sadly does not refer to a Cornish fast food magnate, but describes Broods complexion over a frenetic backing. Francis shrieks his way through "Threshold Apprehension" just like his glory days, while "Tight Black Rubber", vaguely evocative of the New York Dolls, is oddly distanced from its sleazy subject and perhaps more effective for it. A fierce version of Broods own slight, catchy "You Cant Break a Heart and Have It" might leave the listener wondering just what fascination the subject holds, but Bluefinger (the title is a traditional Dutch nickname for inhabitants of Broods home town of Zwolle) is an interesting record nonetheless, probably closer to Lou Reeds occasional themed albums than its creators own back catalogue. Steve Jelbert
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