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Wednesday, August 23, 1991, 4:59 A.M. The birds haven't even begun to sing, the moon hasn't disappeared out of the sky I'm still hanging on to the last bits of a dream...
...Quiet," Broken Moon's opening track, displays the elements that make L&N work so well together, and benefits from their earthy, folk-rock style. One of the album's strengths is its intelligent lyrics; with words like "We live our lives in the eye of a hurricane/We cast our fates on seas of indifference" the duo crafts unique and compelling images, despite dealing with the oh-so-common theme of the difficulties of love. The song's underlying guitar line is simple and uncluttered without being simplistic, and fits perfectly with the cello playing of Richard Dodd, which...
...album's textured sound, which includes electric guitars, mandolin and violin along with the cello, helps the instrumentals of Broken Moon to be both complex and interesting without overpowering or drawing attention away from the singers. The catchy choruses and melody lines that characterize many of the songs, especially "Constant As The Night" and "I'll Set You Free," which features Susanna Hoffs (recently wedded singer of the Bangles) on back-up vocals, jeep the focus squarely on Lowen and Navarro. The imagery is masterful here as well; the rhyming lines, such as "I remember words that fell/Like coins into...
However, the engaging, upbeat character of Broken Moon does have one drawback--the music is overwhelmingly happy, and even the album's sad songs don't manage to convey much heartbreak. Every one of Broken Moon's songs is about relationships, but the "break-up" songs somehow seem more wistful than hurt. Granted, this is a relatively minor complaint--if the sentiment is unchanging, at least, unlike many "slow songs," every other word is not "love" or "baby...
Thus, Broken Moon proves that a WBOS favorite need not be boring or by groups of the '70s. With WBOS's practice of playing music "completely uncut, as the artist intended," Lowen and Navarro, as well as groups ranging from The Rolling Stones to the Police can be enjoyed in full, and while suffering through Van Morrison's "Moondance" from the millionth time may be a pain, it's well worth it. You're an adult now--you can listen to adult music, and Lowen and Navarro is not a bad start...