Mick Harvey – Delirium Tremens
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This album is varied in execution. Beginning with a dramatic reading enhanced by crashing notes rising in volume and wavering in pitch, the listener hears the story of the man with the cabbage head.
Lightening in intensity while holding onto the drama, the listener would miss out on a part of the story if they were to press stop now. Tinkling notes tantalise the ears and attract attention this way and now that.
Later the feel becomes more Latin, then travelling folk then another change. Delirium Tremens wavers across genres like the trembling consciousness of withdrawal, flashing with speed and insistency.
There are other voices that add to this chaotic mix of creativity, like lucid dreams that visit the sick, there is no clear path but there is no option but to follow until the sickness breaks. Intriguing, compelling, contrasting. (SP)
★★★1/2
