| Tricky
Angels With Dirty Faces Island |
| Tricky's new joint,
Angles With Dirty Faces, delivers his lazy, hazy diction over chaotic,
discombobulated beats. Like his Bristol homies Portishead and Massive Attack,
he's opted for a decidedly darker sound this time around. The man who put
the trip in trip-hoü sounds as though he has taken a little trip south
of the Mason-Dixon; and in fact, a good portion of the album was recorded
in New Orleans, and it shows. "Mellow" has a delta-bluesy guitar riff refrain;
"Broken Homes," a duet with PJ Harvey, has a choir singing backup; "Singing
the Blues" is aptly titles; and "6 Minutes" sontains the lyric "My voodoo
make 'em sick" - and that's just the first four tracks! Later, in "Talk
To Me," Tricky wails "Cry me a bayou." So, yeah, I'd say Tricky's feeling
a little blue - the first cry for help is "You," with the lyric "I wanna
blow my head off in Seattle." (Damn that Courtney Love!) Like most great
albums Angels takes a few listens to sort out, but given the chance
it proves to be heaven sent.
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TB
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