by Stephen Thomas Erlewine It's fair to call Tyrone Wells' Remain his first real shot at the big leagues; it may not be his first album to appear on a major label, but it's the first to be crafted as such, and it shows. Remain is big intimate music: the songs are small-scale but the music is large, epic, and chilly in the best tradition of Coldplay and Jeff Buckley. This doesn't cause a disconnect on Remain, largely because the album works better as waves of sonic texture, something to wash over a listener, not inviting inspection. That's not quite Wells' intention, as his quivering sincerity, so achingly transparent on every track, makes clear. Wells opens his heart so fully that he almost defies listeners not to delve deeply into his emotions, but the cascading sound keeps an audience at bay. Of course, it doesn't help that Wells' songs are elliptical, not melodic, and built on words, not hooks, so they lend themselves to this kind of cleanly majestic production, one that gives the music a sense of progression, perhaps even drama, that it otherwise lacks. It's the kind of thing that makes for great mood music on Grey's Anatomy or perhaps even background music in an Audi or apartment, but it's less than compelling on its own terms.
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原始名称 | Remain |
发行时间 | 2009-01-20 |
名称 | remain |
歌手 | tyrone wells |
类别 | 录音室专辑 |
语言 | 英语 |