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01/09/2012Posted in: 3.5 Stars, Album Reviews, Rock
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Northern Italian-born David Ariasso debuts his Jacques A. Robin alter ego on the spare, haunting Statuettes. It’s a delicate, overcast collection of baroque pop reflecting on stuff like loss and death, but without the typical, overwhelming density that you might expect art revolving around such themes. Fans of Antony and the Johnsons and Jens Lekman will be fast fans of Jacques A. Robin’s lush, dramatic musings and his steadfast fascination with the darker facets of seasons past. Although Statuettesfeels like an album written from a dark place, it’s infused with enough hopeful melody and moonlit arrangements to give it a balanced, inspiring temperament.
Standout tracks: “Josephine and the Lantern”, “Cathedrals in the Sun” |
 3.5 / 5 |
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