Future Bible Heroes - Eternal Youth

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Music Review: Digital Sunset
Rating: 5 Stars

Everyone is always saying how Stephin uses so many casio keyboards, but Future Bible Heroes is where the electronic blips, squelchy keyboards and other synthetics really knock over your light-bright(tm).

If I had to compare this CD to previous releases, of course I'd compare it to the FBH debut "Memories Of Love", but it is really more akin to a poppier version of the 6ths CD "Hyacinths and Thistles". Lyrically, and the fact this is the first CD since "Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees" to feature solely one female vocalist, I am reminded of the debut MF CD: "WB/DPT".

The lovely Miss Claudia Gonson sings all the vocals on this CD (10 vocal tracks, 6 ewen-strumentals) More moody than "Memories of Love", the cohesiveness of having only one vocalist adds to the dream like quailty of the CD. Stephin doesn't come out of the hazey keyboard fog to spook you. It's Claudia, being fun, feisty, far-off and far-out.

In more than one place, this CD reminds me of Mimi's CD "Soak", surreal vocals, dreamy atmospherics,clashing electronics but with more pop elements than "Soak".

Losing Your Affection - Safety-dance sort of love song.

Doris Daytheearthstoodstill - imagine being a tentacled alien on a far off radiation drenched planet, watching old transmission of Earth 60's b-movies and beach boys songs.

A Thousand Lovers In A Day - possibly the most downbeat Merritt song since "Crowd of Drifters".

I'm A Vampire - the pop-hit single sort of song.

The World Is A Disco Ball - Are disco balls Stephin's new recurring theme?

All in all, was expecting something a few notches poppier, but NOT disappointed.

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Alternative Rock CDs

• Music > Styles
• Pop
• Rock