Penny Sparkle

This is a really amazing album. Don't recall any other band who after 18 years are still progressing and taking the listener to new planets. Thanks Glen Johnson for turning me onto them way back in 1995. Yes they were intense then & they are still intense. Every track here is breathtaking. One after one they grab your heart twist & turn it into little pieces. 'Here Sometimes', 'Not Getting There', 'Will There Be Stars', 'My Plants Are Dead', 'Love Or Prison', 'Oslo', 'Penny Sparkle', 'Everything Is Wrong', 'Black Guitar' & the exceedingly brilliant 'Spain'. Kazu with her fragile beautiful voice & via the melodic backing of Amedeo & Simone then the end result is simply astonishing. It is hard to understand all the lyrics but what I hear or grasp is breathtakingly inspirational but in any case you can find them beautifully presented with both the LP & CD artwork. Would say that over the last three years that this has been the album that have played the most & the vinyl version is simply sublime. When ever I feel down & out then this is the LP that I turn to, to lift my spirits.

A well produced new album by the NYC trio, with some more beats than the previous album, and the distinctive voice of Kazu Makino along with the Pace brothers.The 8th studio album is a nicely organized set of tracks, combining colorful tunes with darker ones in perfect harmony.For fans the album is a must, specially in the Deluxe Edition, with plenty of design details to admire.

I like it , but not nearly as much as the other 4 albums of theirs that I have, it seems more distant & less intense/ exciting