HANA
Omen (First World)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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This disc reminds me a lot of the stuff Siouxie and the Banshees were doing early on in their career, albeit much more dreamy and ethereal-sounding than the sometimes harsh Banshees. It is, of course, much more technically superior so far as recording and instrumentation went, too-twenty-plus years has made a lot of difference in how electronic instruments sound in general. But the feel and even the lead vocals are definitely similar, as is the depressing and gloomy subject matter, touching on love, lost love and death, sometimes all within in the same song.

© 2001 - Holly Day