Author: Ed Harcourt

Format: Import

Release Date: 26-03-2002

Details: Product description Ed Harcourt ~ Here Be Monsters Amazon.ca England's current stream of essence d' '70s acts yields this captivating singer-songwriter debut, already a favorite among UK listeners. Often setting beauty and dread side by side, Harcourt offers glowing pop choruses ("Hanging with the Wrong Crowd," the swooning "She Fell Into My Arms") and atmospherics that are sometimes pierced by edges like the phantasmagoric noise explosion that carries away "Beneath the Heart of Darkness." Hints of the pre-Dark Side Floyd's most song-intensive moments surface--the opening "Something in My Eye" could be Syd Barrett's answer record to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"--along with moments redolent of Nick Drake and Todd Rundgren. But Harcourt keeps himself, and not a set of influences, front and centre. Those ready to embrace a romanticism whose most forthright expression is "God, you make me sing funny things about you" will likely find Here Be Monsters a necessity. --Rickey Wright

UPC: 724353768829

EAN: 0724353768829

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New