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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

ALBUM REVIEW: More reasons to like Mike Gordon

Review by Michael Lello

Mike Gordon Phish membership must have opened some doors in the course of his career, 20-years plus. However, his art outside the Phish — movies, solo records and duets Leo Kottke — project shows the artist brimming with leftfield creativity more than capable of standing on its own.

In the wake of the gem understated in 2008 "the Green Sparrow", Gordon returns with "Moss", and is a microcosm of makes Gordon interesting and appealing: vocals, funky rhythms and arrangements which zag when you that they zig.

Gordon opens with jovial "can't stand Still," squishy bass guitar, guitar, drums, scattershot Creating style danceable, "horizon" is looser and more's melancholic, bass guitar on Gordon on rubbery texture and page McConnell Phish by adding certain work nice body. McConnell is an important contributor to the "Moss," adding his musical personality to four tunes, and drummer Jon Fishman is the chips on the "Got Away." Other famous guests: Joe Russo (drums) and Marco Benevento (body).

"Fire from memory stick" rides airy small Groove ft.-esque, before the arrival of the "what things seem," routed album. Gordon plays a slow and languid bassline, comparable to the "meat," one of his songs, Phish and his vocals take some unexpected turns of the team. "I during mixing potions in your yard caught," he sings drolly, texts, which are located in psychedelic pictures on the "Flashback", "" void "" Got Away "and" Spiral ". "Now I'm lost in the mist in the clouds rising vapour/per Moss and hear you laughing at me," adds support for the theme "Moss" it concerns in many paths.

Gordon makes music singles-minded and rather odd outside Phish. The audience is smaller for him — an example is slightly supervised spellbinding show played Sherman Theater in March. However, the balance of the glory of the arena and Stadium with Phish and more homogeneous limits without its known bandmates corresponds to Gordon — and music — just fine.

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