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.
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 [...]
Genre: indescribably indie
Rating: 5 stars
Check Out: “The Living,” “Always,” “Dove Coloured Sky,” and “The Warning”
Like blood, the songs flow and ebb through the lyrics, and are decidedly less morbid than the lyrics from Act I…