Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (Loog)
PATRICK Wolf considers that each of his albums has its own unique identity for which he himself must undergo a complete image overhaul.
His third, The Magic Position, finds him sporting red hair and a girly cardy, and trying to out-cheese Mika and the Scissor Sisters.
Jeez, alternative music hasn't spawned anything quite so poppy as this since Jake Shillingford disbanded My Life Story (R.I.P.).
Bobbing rhythm: check. Shamelessly OTT violin signature: check. Lyrical positivity: check.
And yet, for all these (and other) textbook elements, TMP doesn't quite succeed as a frivolous pop charmer, an average chorus failing to fulfil the promise of a verse that seemed to be leading somewhere special.
Released on April 9.
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