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]]> http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/the-mabuses-mabused/#comment-1321 Johann Kloos Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:11:59 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/18/the-mabuses-mabused/#comment-1321 I love this album..one to enjoy as a whole to get a larger picture. I agree with you about the "bonus" track..it is amazing. How he managed to wing an orchestra from the 1930s is incredible. I'd rather think of it as an integral part of "Destinations"..a real departure after the echoing chord and a minute's silence. Was it taken from a cabaret? The use of orchestral instruments is quite untypical, and a strange juxtaposition against the more conventional sounds. Arch and playful, rather than pretentious, overreaching or grandious. Kim Fahy always had a way with melody..far beyond the scope of most er, "indie" musicians. As a guitarist I'd rank him as one of the more creative, alongside Johnny Marr and Tom Verlaine. Hear his playing on "Where's Joey Gone" by The Assassins. It's refreshing to hear music that draws on more than what was heard last week, or what is fashionable. There is not much I don't like about this album..even more conventional and mundane songs like "Seasider" have a certain something that other bands just miss. "Mirth" is so slight and fey you might miss it. Don't. The Mabuses seem to work alongside the more odd and unsettling music of the early 80s. For loose comparisons, bands like The Cure, The Loft, The King of Luxembourg and The Lines come to mind. Genre-defying and all the better for it. I love this album..one to enjoy as a whole to get a larger picture. I agree with you about the “bonus” track..it is amazing. How he managed to wing an orchestra from the 1930s is incredible. I’d rather think of it as an integral part of “Destinations”..a real departure after the echoing chord and a minute’s silence. Was it taken from a cabaret? The use of orchestral instruments is quite untypical, and a strange juxtaposition against the more conventional sounds. Arch and playful, rather than pretentious, overreaching or grandious. Kim Fahy always had a way with melody..far beyond the scope of most er, “indie” musicians. As a guitarist I’d rank him as one of the more creative, alongside Johnny Marr and Tom Verlaine. Hear his playing on “Where’s Joey Gone” by The Assassins. It’s refreshing to hear music that draws on more than what was heard last week, or what is fashionable. There is not much I don’t like about this album..even more conventional and mundane songs like “Seasider” have a certain something that other bands just miss. “Mirth” is so slight and fey you might miss it. Don’t. The Mabuses seem to work alongside the more odd and unsettling music of the early 80s. For loose comparisons, bands like The Cure, The Loft, The King of Luxembourg and The Lines come to mind. Genre-defying and all the better for it.

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