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Fuzzy Warbles 3/4
[Ape / Virgin]
Let's forget for a moment the great career of XTC, and let's focus on the brain of this band, Andy Partridge, singer and composer. The man, although very often controversed, still is engaging. He's XTC, but XTC created its own universe from which it's hard to escape: a great and complex pop, bright and intellectual, which is sufficient unto itself. So, since his begining, Partridge gets away on his own, far from XTC, and let loose his craziness and shows his a brilliant musician. "Fuzzy Warbles" gathers all his twenty-odd years' wanderings. Nowadays, the third and fourth volumes are released, which represent with the first and second albums, nearly 80 tracks. Well done, we hear you say, but who's interested, except the hardcore fans of XTC? Well, all the others! Those who like the inventive craziness, boiling ideas, all kind of experimentations, just out of curiousity. This is precisely what we like in these "Fuzzy Warbles": the madest tracks, the almost comical songs as different as amazing. Let's be honest: in the end, four albums might be a bit too much, but after all if we could do without some of the tracks, nothing really bother our ears.
Frédéric Thébault |
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