Patrick Wolf has no insecurities about his last name, identity, and supposed upbringing among animals. In fact, Lycanthropy (the belief that one is a wolf) begins with a wolf's howl. None of this, however, should detract from his formative compositions. This debut is relentlessly resourceful, never failing to reveal a new instrument (accordion, violin, recorder, to name a few). Augmented by laptop, Wolf's curious stories come to fruition with his accent-thick vocals and dark, biographical lyrics. After (what else?) "Wolf Song" secures roots in his Irish blood, he explores inner conflicts of war and peace ("Peter Pan" and "A Boy Like Me," his most accessible track), a newfound life in Paris (the percussion-heavy "Paris"), gender ("Lycanthropy"), and child molestation ("The Childcatcher"). Known to keep a bird's nest in his hair, this young, eccentric prodigy is well beyond his years, making the most from a completely unusual childhood.
Englishman At The Moulin Rouge - LautrecWell, my lovely MOGgers, the time has (almost) come for me to head off for a fortnight on my jolly holidays. Tomorrow morning, je prendrai le train (as our Gallic cousins would probably say - although my french is a little rusty) for a week in Paris, before taking the sleeper across the Pyrenees to say hola to Barcelona for 6 days. Then, presuming I can...
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I have a feeling my opinion on this album will be in the minority, but nonetheless I call 'em how I hear 'em. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure about what I'm hearing yet. But I want to write my initial findings here as notes that I can perhaps refer to later... so in that sense I'm happy just to talk to myself about this one.The first time I listened to _Lycanthropy_ all the way through, I c...
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