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Features Disc of the day
Eric Matthews
The Lateness of The Hour
(Sub Pop, 1997)
Orchestral pop polymath Mathew’s second solo album. A MOJO microtrend!
It’s not often that everyone in our office agrees on a record, but back in 1997 when those nice people at Sub Pop sent our then Reviews Ed a solo album by the ex-Cardinal songwriter/arranger, amid much twittering about The Left Banke and The Zombies, we all fell for it. It had been two years since relations turned sour with Cardinal partner Richard Davies but Eric Matthews had gone on to realise that duo’s ambitious arrangements on an even grander scale, first with It’s Heavy In Here (1994) then most exquisitely on The Lateness Of The Hour. Ever the perfectionist, Matthews’ string and brass arrangements are gorgeous, his melodies swooning but unfussy. Even with just guitar/bass/drums employed, Everything So Real chimes with perfect simplicity. While lyrically, he’s just the right side of verbose, touching but never saccharine. “Deep inside you/Eric will haunt you,” he sings in his rich, chocolatey tenor on The Pleasant Kind, a song that ends: “It’s a quirky, yearning, bleeding, burning.” Which sums things up rather nicely.
Jenny Bulley
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Cardinal – Cardinal (Wonderland)
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This is THE album to buy...if you're into orchestrated pop. Forget about the Zombies or Love, this one stands on its own. First, you won't notice the lyrics. You'll be swept away by Eric's breathy vocals , the arrangements and the memorable melodies. I just wish the guy was more prolific...
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