Scott Walker Drift
It's sitting on my desk, I am waiting to be in the right space to hear it. For now read the accolades.
musicOMH.com
This is out in the margins, removed from 'pop' and 'alternative' genres by the scale of its reach, its bloody and bold ambition. It is complex, multilayered, densely plotted, wordy. It's also scary, harsh and bruised.
Observer Music Monthly
Despite its complexity, every twist and turn of The Drift is absolutely compelling.
The Guardian
The Drift is a record that demands a lot of work and repays tenfold.
The Onion (A.V. Club)
It's unlikely that any other album will sound much like The Drift this year, and even less likely that it could be forgotten if heard even once.
Dusted Magazine
No easy listening feat by any stretch of the imagination, Scott Walker's The Drift will provide critics and general music fans with talking points for the next 10 years. It is, simply, a work of staggering emotional sentiment and complexity that few will be able to match.
Pitchfork
Even at its most dissonant and abstract, this record is human to the core, and if you're ready to face a few demons, it's as inspiring as music gets.
PopMatters
The Drift--in all its nightmarish, bloody glory--is as bold and profound a comment on our times as has emerged so far this century.
Playlouder
'The Drift' is an extraordinary piece of work, even more challenging and expansive than Scott Walker's startling last album.
Austin Chronicle
The lengths of hiss and silence can be unnerving, especially when his ethereal prose floats into a void. Yet when the swells come and Walker breaks the waves, it's a thing of absolute beauty, and the black turns neon.
Uncut
This is a record that genuinely sounds like nothing you have heard before. If you can rise to its portentous challenge... The Drift will prove to be a frightening, bewitching and rewarding experience. [Jun 2006, p.96]
New Musical Express
Every bit as stark, foreboding, but utterly singular as 'Tilt'. [6 May 2006, p.33]
Blender
The Drift is like a nightmare you look forward to repeating. [Jun 2006, p.148]
Dot Music
Quite simply, "The Drift" is unlike any other record on Earth.
Slant Magazine
The album is powerful stuff, and though it's unlikely to be heard by many, it's even more unlikely to be forgotten by those who do hear it.
musicOMH.com
This is out in the margins, removed from 'pop' and 'alternative' genres by the scale of its reach, its bloody and bold ambition. It is complex, multilayered, densely plotted, wordy. It's also scary, harsh and bruised.
Observer Music Monthly
Despite its complexity, every twist and turn of The Drift is absolutely compelling.
The Guardian
The Drift is a record that demands a lot of work and repays tenfold.
The Onion (A.V. Club)
It's unlikely that any other album will sound much like The Drift this year, and even less likely that it could be forgotten if heard even once.
Dusted Magazine
No easy listening feat by any stretch of the imagination, Scott Walker's The Drift will provide critics and general music fans with talking points for the next 10 years. It is, simply, a work of staggering emotional sentiment and complexity that few will be able to match.
Pitchfork
Even at its most dissonant and abstract, this record is human to the core, and if you're ready to face a few demons, it's as inspiring as music gets.
PopMatters
The Drift--in all its nightmarish, bloody glory--is as bold and profound a comment on our times as has emerged so far this century.
Playlouder
'The Drift' is an extraordinary piece of work, even more challenging and expansive than Scott Walker's startling last album.
Austin Chronicle
The lengths of hiss and silence can be unnerving, especially when his ethereal prose floats into a void. Yet when the swells come and Walker breaks the waves, it's a thing of absolute beauty, and the black turns neon.
Uncut
This is a record that genuinely sounds like nothing you have heard before. If you can rise to its portentous challenge... The Drift will prove to be a frightening, bewitching and rewarding experience. [Jun 2006, p.96]
New Musical Express
Every bit as stark, foreboding, but utterly singular as 'Tilt'. [6 May 2006, p.33]
Blender
The Drift is like a nightmare you look forward to repeating. [Jun 2006, p.148]
Dot Music
Quite simply, "The Drift" is unlike any other record on Earth.
Slant Magazine
The album is powerful stuff, and though it's unlikely to be heard by many, it's even more unlikely to be forgotten by those who do hear it.
posted by Ian at
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
1 Comments:
how can anyone NOT want to hear this. we'll have to get together and swap some ... stories, yeah that's it.
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