Well, surprisingly little has been said on IDM about the new Everything
But the Girl album, _Walking Wounded_, which did receive a cursory nod on
the 313 list, of all places, a week or so ago. So I'm going to say
surprisingly little about it as well. :-)
In a nutshell, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn take the lyrical ramblings of
Underworld and straighten them out into unabashedly beautiful pop songs,
and the beautifully frantic beats of _Jacob's Optical Stairway_ and
smoothe them out. In short, "jungle" for the masses, IDM for the "lite"
crowd, and haunting vocals for those of us more apt to be nodding a head
to "Rsdio" or skanking to "Children Talking".
Definitely a Top 10 choice, and something that Kent Williams' family may
even like if he plays it quietly enough. :-)
Dave Manning
"Surrender Dorothy"
dmanning@cwis.unomaha.edu............dave.manning@entex.com