Continuing the series of reviews where critics get wrong-footed in their real-time reactions to an album, here is Dave McCullough mystifyingly underwhelmed by Siouxsie and the Banshees's A Kiss In The Dreamhouse. If not indisputably their best album, it's certainly right up there, and it's definitely their most expansive and experimental effort - but here it gets a measly three stars and is judged to be a misfire..
I also found it puzzling that he harps on about John McGeoch as the record's star and saving grace, because it doesn't leap out to my ears as a guitar-dominated record... McGeoch is much more the forefront dominant on Kaleidoscope and Juju, I'd have said.
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And meanwhile the Toyah live album gets ****!
ReplyDeleteNot from Dave admittedly, but yeah, a ridiculous discrepancy.
Deletewow! it's incredible that he thought the banshees without siouxsie would be good is amazing. And he mentions there's sexual problem with their art cos "she won't let go"...well...wow! It seems he was projecting due to his critical misfirings.
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