Re: New Propaganda

[Lazlo Nibble <lazlo%hydra.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu>]

The new album sounds little to nothing like A SECRET WISH, with a handful
of small exceptions.  The vocals are more "poppy" (about the only direction
they could go without Claudia Brucken, short of signing up Diamanda Galas
:-) and the sound is a lot smaller than it was with Horn/Lipson.  They've
moved in the direction of Virgin's house dancemusic style, if Virgin can
be said to have one (cf. Sandra, Mike Oldfield's recent stuff).

I knew all that going in, and wasn't surprised by it.  Knowing that 1234
wasn't going to be ANOTHER SECRET WISH, I decided to still give it a shot
and enjoyed it a lot.  They no longer have the ZTT Sound but the sound that
replaced it is still a good one.

Summary: more streamlined, less complex, less "threatening".  If the clunky,
evil Big Sound of the first album was what you liked about the band, you're
in for some disappointment.

                                                   Lazlo (lazlo@hydra.unm.edu)
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