The Last Town Chorus - Wire Waltz
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Artist: The Last Town ChorusEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-06
Music Label: HACKTONE RECORDS
Soundtracks:
- Wire Waltz
- You
- Modern Love
- Caroline
- It's Not Over
- Understanding
- Boat
- Huntsville, 1989
- Wintering In Brooklyn
- Foreign Land
- Bonus Track 1
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Free Music Review: A rare quality...
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard The Last Town Chorus sing Bowie's Modern Love on Radio 2 in the UK. I was immediately captivated on two levels: firstly it's not often that a band can bring anything new to a Bowie song and secondly the ethereal quality of Megan Hickey's voice captivated me and I bought Wire Waltz on the basis of that one hearing. I was not disappointed, this is a great album with consistently high quality tracks and Hickey's singing and playing continues to entrance. Just buy it!
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On this second album by Megan Hickey's band, her nine originals are joined by a spare and emotive reworking of David Bowie's "Modern Love." It is built around her breathy but resonant vocals and her lap steel guitar, the minimal accompaniment (drums, bass, violin, guitar) judiciously utilized for an overall sound that feels old but sounds new. Her lap steel playing truly lends this release its most identifiable and idiosyncratic element. Hickey is capable of slashing density (as on "Caroline"), high and lonesome melodicism ("Boat"), and atmospheric sweeps ("Foreign Land"), but often moving from one approach to another within a given song, seamlessly altering or embellishing moods. She has also come up with songs that have a life of their own. One can imagine songs like "Wintering in Brooklyn" and "It's Not Over" being played by others. Self-produced and recorded, Megan Hickey has a fully formed sense of purpose and a willingness to push herself, not only making this album a powerful work, but raising expectations for anything she decides to do next. --David GreenbergerThe distorted cry of a lap-steel guitar slices through the Brooklyn night. A voice sings with aching sweetness and strength. Caressing melodies are barbed with stinging solors. This is the sound of The Last Town Chorus--the revolving ensemble led by singer/writer/lap-steel-guitarist Megan Hickey. The album includes 'Modern Love,' a devastating reinvention of David Bowie's hit, which was featured in its entirety on an episode of 'Grey's Anatomy' and was named one of the best songs of 2006 by 'The Sunday Times.'
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