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Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor

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I just picked up his latest LP, the Visitor. A bit of a departure from his previous work as there are no vocals, just a long instrumental piece on each side. Its wonderful though, very mature writing, it requires more listenings on my part to fully appreciate though. Too bad it doesn't have a free download so I can also groove to in on my iPod.

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and after several plays... - dave c 00:19:07 12/22/09 (0)
... although I have to add that the last was as soundtrack to my finishing of James Ellroy's Blood's A Rover, and I think it's s great album.
It starts as gentle and lovely as... I think it's Paul Simon's Bookends and moves through changes drifting in and out of styles, at one point it seems to be backing into a Tom Waits' bar-room, at others it's something like those last couple of records Talk Talk made after they tired of fame and cut themselves loose.
It's a rather GREAT disc that you can live to or listen to.
I say: BUY IT!
I just bought The Visitor on your rec - dave c 19:12:03 12/14/09 (1)
I'll try and get to it tonight after Yonnie and I take her kids out for dinner.
- on first playing I like it! - dave c 22:42:35 12/15/09 (0)
  Mind you that was on the bedroom system on a hot and sticky night with the fans going.
I'm Happy and I'm SInging and a 1,2,3,4 - dave c 11:50:19 12/14/09 (0)
O'Rourke seems to cover so many bases.
I haven't heard the new album, but here is a chance to hear all/most of another of his relatively recent records, this one a laptop record.
It's the first half of this radio show.
- http://www.abc.net.au/rn/quietspace/stories/2009/2761446.htm (Open in New Window)

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