Review in the Metro (free paper left on London trains)
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:41 pm
Leonard Cohen makes a 5-Star return
He's so easy Cohen
Leonard Cohen's 70th birthday was marked by, among other things, a tribute concerts from fans as varied and illustrious as Laurie Anderson, Nick Cave and The Handsome Family. Yet no one does Leonard Cohen better than Cohen himself, Dear Heather, his 11th studio album occupies a similar territoty to 2001's Ten New Songs but distils that album's tone of reconciliation into something purer and more exacting. Despite the barely there quality of the whispered strings, padded synths and drums, Cohen's fragmented vocals and the incorporeal beauty of Anjani Thomas's exceptional backing vocals (which lend tracks such as Morning Glory a radiance that borders on religious) Dear Heather hints at a transcendence that feel entirely perfect and complete.
He's so easy Cohen
Leonard Cohen's 70th birthday was marked by, among other things, a tribute concerts from fans as varied and illustrious as Laurie Anderson, Nick Cave and The Handsome Family. Yet no one does Leonard Cohen better than Cohen himself, Dear Heather, his 11th studio album occupies a similar territoty to 2001's Ten New Songs but distils that album's tone of reconciliation into something purer and more exacting. Despite the barely there quality of the whispered strings, padded synths and drums, Cohen's fragmented vocals and the incorporeal beauty of Anjani Thomas's exceptional backing vocals (which lend tracks such as Morning Glory a radiance that borders on religious) Dear Heather hints at a transcendence that feel entirely perfect and complete.
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