Monday, November 23, 2009

Glass Ghost - Idol Omen: Review

There’s a strange kind of jubilation in hitting rock bottom. It’s a feeling the members of the Brooklyn-based Glass Ghost, Eliot Krimsky and Mike Johnson, understand implicitly. These two have been around the block a few times, having spent a generous portion of time peddling meticulously crafted melancholic dream-funk in the underrated Flying. Here, on their debut album as Glass Ghost, Idol Omen, they take things down a notch or two, but never forget that there’s beauty and humour in the doldrums. It’s possible to laugh and cry and even want to dance as you scrape your face off the barroom floor.

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