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...tormented, deaf visionary; Bach the obscure wigged fellow who wrote that neat organ piece they play in horror flicks. In the same vein, Joseph Haydn is remembered as the long-lived "Father of the Symphony" who also penned the great oratorios "The Seasons" and "The Creation. "Yet Haydn's vocal works display a variety that challenges the preconceived notions. Haydn, despite his reputation, was a master of many genres...
Wings of Joy begins with "Watersong," a delicately orchestrated piece of lightly plucked strings and gentle vocal accompaniment that sets the mood for the rest of the album. Indeed, the rest of Wings of Joy could be considered merely a continuation of the opening piece, with no really noticeable variation in style or substance from song to song. The album is comprised of eleven pieces, all virtually instrumentals, all three to four minutes in length and all conveying the same vaguely disturbing mood with the same absurdly unintelligible lyrics...
Flashback--four-woman vocal group. South Station, Boston. Friday, Feb. 14, noon-2 p.m. Free...
Priest=Aura is a mediocre effort from a band whose greatest work may be behind it. At its best, The Church combines interesting lyrics, a radio-ready melody and a dreaminess. At its worst, it sounds like U2 slogging through molasses, without catchy riffs and athletic vocal performances...
Unfortunately, "She Drops Bombs" is indicative of the album as a whole. The twelve tracks end up blending together as one murky montage of tambourines, Hammond organs, watery electric guitars, and indistinct vocal harmonies which spew out shallow lines of neo-psychedelia such as "I hear your tambourines/inside my Etch-a-Sketch...