Re: The Innocence Mission

[stewarte@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (The Man Who Invented Himself)]

Hairy frogs from Neptune forced vishal@m2.csc.ti.COM (Vishal Markandey) to type:
>Later in the show, Don and Karen Peris of "The Innocence Mission" were 
>interviewed, and they mentioned that they were influenced by KT, Peter Gabriel 
>and Jane Sibberry's work.

This reminded me that I meant to say something about IM.  I just bought their
album, largely on the strength of Kate-comparisons, and I'm unimpressed.
Mostly they come across as a generic modern rock band -- a touch of Kate
here, a bit of U2 there -- without much personality of their own, other
than a fairly interesting singer (she doesn't come across as a Kate wannabe --
she has a throatier style, reminding me more of some of the English 
folk-rockers whose names I've forgotten.  I may be thinking of Linda
Thompson, but I'm not sure).  Anyway, I found the songs & arrangements to
be pretty forgettable.  

-- Stewart
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