ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (Domino) The Portishead singer's ability to wreck you with a single line has not diminished on her long awaited debut solo album...
Beth said she wanted to 'draw away from breakbeats and snares,' and working with producer James Ford and longtime collaborator Lee Harris of Talk Talk, she has made a record of autumnal chill and color...
Worth the wait, I say, and I reviewed Lives Outgrown elsewhere on BrooklynVegan. It is closest, sonically, to Out of Season, her 2002 collaborative album with Rustin Man, but it's more expansive than that record, full of unexpected touches...
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