EVOLVING (http://francescaprihasti.com.au) 7/10 There’s an optimism at work here that is contagious. Rather than being garishly ebullient, however, it is quietly contemplative. The music is also often delicate to the point of fragility, as befits what is loosely a programmatic depiction of the lifecycle of the caterpillar/butterfly. This is the…
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ON LOVE AND SCIENCE (https://zulyaandthechildrenoftheunderground.bandcamp.com/) 9/10 Here’s a way to break the download addiction: create the most exquisitely packaged album I’ve seen. On Love and Science is a narrative song cycle, with the CD presented in a book containing a dark fairy tale of sorts and lyrics by Zulya Kamalova,…
SO FRENCHY SO CHIC (Cartell) 6.5/10 The French have a way of brushing more lightly against the world than other races. They favour wit over broader comedy, elegance in aesthetics and aerated foods like souffle and choux pastry. French music ranges from delicate 18th-century minuets to the sonic massage of…