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...album was distinguished by an overall unhappiness throughout its indiscernible words, despressing lyrics, and occasional major chords. Such quiet, low, minor, and slightly creepy tones can be found on several of the tracks on “Logos”—such as “The Light That Failed,” “An Orchid,” and “Kid Klimax”—featuring sparse notes above middle C, screeching vocals, and slow tempo. “The Light That Failed” possesses progressively louder synthesizer screeches, distorted...
...solo debut, then, are whether it reveals anything significant about this rather shadowy figure, and whether it will restore him to popular and aesthetic relevance. On both points, “The Real Feel” is frustratingly inconclusive. But speaking solely of the music, its erratic moments of lightness and beauty can make for unexpected delights. Unsurprisingly, “The Real Feel” is so unfocused and incoherent that it sounds either like a throwaway bunch of songs collected over the years or an intentional repudiation of the conventional notion of the album as a self-contained...
When viewed as an ode to New York, however, the film takes on new and energetic light. Hipster bakeries, loudmouthed pedestrians giving anyone and everyone a piece of their mind, alternate side parking, cramped rent-stabilized apartments, class envy and entitlement, annoying tourists—the movie spares no detail in its panoramic coverage of the busiest city in the world. The film’s New York setting enhances the tumult of Eliza’s many mishaps, and provides moments of unexpected fun—most notably Jodie Foster’s hilarious cameo as a fellow...
...Cirque du Freak” is quirky and winning, a light-hearted standout in the otherwise dark and dramatic vampire craze sparked by the heavy-handed moralizing of “Twilight.” Ignoring the soul-searching gaze of any teen who shuffles across the screen, Weitz’s film is just as wondrous a freak show as the circus that is its subject...
...still lie ahead, but it won’t be found here. “Declaration of Dependence” is not a bad album; its only offense is just how totally inoffensive it is. The album works as background music for calm browsing in a used bookstore, or light accompaniment to late-night conversation with a friend, but it fails to stand up to any sustained listening, When the post-reunion glow wears off, Kings of Convenience will need either more hooks or more complex ways to communicate the emotional intensity their vocals and lyrics suggest...