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Eliot Cardinaux: American Thicket
In realtà l'operazione riesce solo in parte, perché se i recitativi penalizzano come quasi sempre accade la fluidità dell'opera, appesantendola e incupendola (complice la dizione tutt'altro che dinamica, articolata, di Cardinaux), la stessa musica sembra vagare abbastanza nell'indefinito, ascendendo ben di rado ad epifanie che ne amplino lo spettro sonoro (è quanto accade per esempio in segmenti di "Angel," "The Stranger's Song," "Interlude" e "Radio Dues."), francamente a sua volta fin troppo sommesso, scarno, sabbioso, monocorde.
Un disco, in definitiva, in cui succede un po' troppo poco, pur non mancando tutto l'insieme di un suo fascino, scuro, compresso, ovattato. Persino un po' sinistro.
Track Listing
Thicket; Questions (to the Thought); Omnipotent Dreamer; Angel; The Stranger's Song; Interlude; Conspiring Psychic; Radio Dues.
Personnel
Eliot Cardinaux
piano and vocalsEliot Cardinaux: pianoforte, voce recitante; Mat Maneri: viola; Thomas Morgan: contrabbasso; Flin van Hemmen: batteria, percussioni.
Album information
Title: American Thicket | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Loyal Label
About Eliot Cardinaux
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