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艺人

Jazzhole

语种

英语

厂牌

Beave Music

发行时间

2008年02月14日

专辑类别

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专辑介绍

by Rick Anderson

It seems that we've come to a point in the development of pop music when the word &jazz& (in the context of dance music, anyway) no longer means swing, or improvisation, or sophisticated chord progressions. What it now means is lounge, and what lounge means, all too often, is easy listening for people who fancy themselves too sophisticated for easy listening. Take some cookie-cutter downtempo electronic music, throw in a muted trumpet and maybe a string bass sample, and presto: you've got something you can call &jazz.& Throw in a laid-back singer with poetic pretensions, and you've hit hipster gold, even if the lyrics he delivers are a mush of half-baked loverman clichés and simplistic references to themes of spiritual and/or social uplift. Unfortunately, this seems to be Jazzhole's territory. Every track on Poet's Walk is pleasant and listenable, but not a single one contains enough musical or lyrical substance to provoke a second listen. &One More Time,& with its attractive female vocals, does provide a nice change-up from the easy snapping tedium of &Jonesing& and &Lowdown,& and the dub version of &All the Ways& turns straw into gold by taking the original track and gently ripping the vocals into gossamer shreds, which fall gently and beautifully around the original rhythm track. But nothing can redeem the sophomoric lyrics and whiny singing on &Slipping of Time,& or the simply awful &Do It Right.& Not recommended.