a r t i s t : Fazzini
t i t l e : Sulphur, Glue the Star
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Locust (locust 77 cd)
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2006
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 32,1 MB
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What a delightful album. Fazzini has no regard for current
trends, rules or creative boundaries. This solo musician
(formerly one-third of A Small Good Thing.) has filled an
album full of sounds of the absurd.
Whether it be haunting stories of ghost sightings in a Madrid
hotel room, or the lysergic-soaked sounds of water bubbling,
swooshing and streaming out of the speakers, Fazzini has an
eye for the surreal and he delivers his psychedelic folk
album, Sulphur, Glue The Star with devastating aplomb.
This is a folk album, but Fazzini certainly doesn't adopt the
cider approach (if you don't know what I mean by that, spend a
bank-holiday weekend on a campsite in Devon at the height of
summer, then you will). No siree, Fazzini sings macabre lyrics
to a tender acoustic guitar that go along the lines of down in
the dell, the smell of rotting flesh lingers and I hit her
hard and fell into the sand laughing, her pencil neck to the
sky.
There are three tracks on this album that are simple dicta-
phone recorded spoken word pieces. These all bring to mind
Lovecraft or Algernon Blackwood narratives. They are welcome
surprises that make the album a thoroughly memorable
experience.
Alex Clark, tastyfanzine.org
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01-Wooky [01:57]
02-Zone [02:06]
03-03 [00:24]
04-Duplex [05:05]
05-Dell [03:06]
06-06 [02:36]
07-Urge [04:09]
08-08 [00:27]
09-Glare [05:58]
10-Urge (Reprise) [04:07]
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29:55 min