CocoRosie: The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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One half-Cherokee sister is a former model, the other a trained opera singer. The former sings, the latter plays a harp. Uh-oh! Would it ease your mind to learn that their most visible sideperson is a male African-American singer-percussionist? Maybe not. So take solace in this: Their third album is far less insufferable than its predecessor, even though said predecessor sported the far more sufferable title Noah's Ark. It has less keening, less preening, less theremin, if that was a theremin (in fact, no theremin!), better baby talk. It has a catchy kiddie song that goes, "Everybody wants to go to Japan/ Everybody just hold hands," then "Ja-Maica," then "I-Raq" -- "But once they go, they don't come back." It's often cute, rarely precious. But it also has some sort of "concept." And hard as it may try, it isn't Bjork. It isn't even Deerhoof.

ROBERT CHRISTGAU

(Posted: May 14, 2007)

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Review 1 of 2

3of 5 Stars

Not exactly my cup of tea but I'll give them kudos for trying to do something musically interesting and at times it's intriguing stuff. Certainly there's a level of talent and ambition in these girls that's above average--they aren't hacks by any means.

To digress a bit, why does every other white person in America claim to be 'part Cherokee'?

May 27, 2007 13:56:49

Review 2 of 2

4of 5 Stars

Rolling Stones does it again & doesnt get a great album. Instead they pick the album apart without ever hearing the music. Typical of this rag! This album is amazing in so many ways. It plays like some dark childrens book & its very rewarding over multiple listens. I guess Coco Rosie needs to team up with Timbaland to get a good review in this rag(Yes, Im talking about that crap Bjork,Volta review in Rolling Stones)

May 16, 2007 04:35:48

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