Manic Expressive

Q (11/01, pp.120-2) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Marc Bianchi's soft voice combines perfectly with the twittering electronics, touches of guitar, the equally silken singing of girlfriend Keely Chanteloup and a subtle use of strings and horns..." Alternative Press (1/02, pp.84-5) - 8 out of 10 - "...A record that is both soothing and exhilarating....Just the right amount of tension and release to keep listeners transfixed for all 42 minutes..." Magnet (12-1/02, p.89) - "...Quietly windblown cinematic chamber classicism...without the tympani and flags..." Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, pp.126-7) - "...Evokes both the introverted strangeness of early His Name Is Alive and the cosmic soul tack Jimi Tenor currently pursues, suffused with a sun-kissed, West Coast lightness that's all HSH's own..." NME (Magazine) (9/29/01, p.65) - 6 out of 10 - "...A rather mousey and introspective record filled with the wishy-washy sounds of shoegazing, yet not without its precise, audacious moments..."

タイガー・スタイルに移籍しての3作目。空間を包み込むようなオーケストラの重厚な旋律にデッサンされるエレクトロニカ・サウンド。青白く憂いのある歌声に、微熱を帯びたメランコリックなメロディー……。アブストラクトなビートが、フィードバックしていく音像に消えては浮かぶ。宇宙旅行も夢ではないこの御時世に、無重力の中を夢うつつ。まるで瞬く星空の中で奏でられるスペース・シンフォニーにユラユラ。
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