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...evolving vision of the Apocalypse. And in songs like "Jamaica Say You Will," "Our Lady of the Well," and "For a Dancer," Browne populated that world with hold-outs, who stand apart from, or at most knee-deep in, the main-stream as they await the Deluge which will "wash this planet clean like the Bible said." Hold-outs are not always female, nor is their chastity always physical; that particular earth-bound purity embodies the amorphous, essential faith Browne is still defining with this sixth album...
John K. LeMaster Spokane, Wash...
Slower but more colorful. Red, green and yellow wash across the screen, twinkling from lapel pins, blaring from walls, or striped on crazy-cocked hats. But red, green and yellow soon appear as bland as black and white. Dressing like high-schoolers on clash day, the Rastas dazzle us in an untamed chorus of shimmery blues, violent purples, bold oranges and delicious browns. The colors and clothes take on their own life, choreographed and balanced like a palette...
Venus has the oddly elusive flavor of a 19th century novel. The two central characters, seemingly so genteel, are an unlikely pair to wash up on the wilder shores of love. Grace and Caro Bell are sisters, beautiful and well-bred, with neither property nor prospects. Orphaned young in their native Australia, they emigrate to England in their early 20s, accompanied by their half-sister Dora, who is both incubus and guardian. To the touch, the girls' surface is all coolness; the heat seems to have been drawn out of them during their struggle against Dora's ravenous...
Maria Brandenberg Chehalis, Wash...