BARTÓK
The Finest Way to Offend You (Gamma Pop Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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I wonder if hearing Americans singing in other languages badly sound as cool to the people that actually speak that language as hearing people from other countries sing songs in broken English do to me? I wonder how many people reading this can guess that yes, I am a high school drop-out? Anyway, this is a really strange and cool combination of near-classical and jazz-heavy instrumentals and spoken word/songs from a bass-cello-piano-drums-electronic ensemble from Italy, and the way their heavily-accented lead singer croons his way through these songs invokes Serge Gainsbourg and Iggy Pop all at once, spooky and beautiful and creepy and sexy.

[Pick up this CD at www.gammapop.com.]

© 2002 - Holly Day