Duncan Sheik
Whisper House
2009, RCA Vicor
pop, indie
Released on the heels of his successful compositions for the Tony award-winning play Spring Awakening, Duncan Sheik’s newest Whisper House doesn’t seem all that different from a Broadway recording.
It’s pretty easy to give an EP five stars, considering that you have a shorter number of songs and therefore have more time to spend in concentrating on lyrical meaning when compared to a full-length album. Iron Ponies is probably the one exception to that rule, because it jumped out at me through the first listen.
Since the demise of Muxtape, I’ve been wanting to do a ’sampler’ feature, which is essentially a bunch of songs that fit a theme but aren’t necessarily coordinated perfectly. Thanks to the new favtape.com (long may it last), I have another shot at it. I’d say this feature is pretty self-explanatory, but you [...]
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