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Fear Of Fours  Hear it Now

RS: 3of 5 Stars

1999

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The appeal of Lamb's second album, Fear of Fours, comes from a surprising source. Singer Louise Rhodes, who was strikingly chilly on the Manchester duo's dark debut, brings an uplifting light to Fear of Fours, vying with partner Andy Barlow's beautifully funereal trip-hop for control of Fours' soul. Pregnant with son Ruben during production, Rhodes focuses on the brighter sides of life: "There's so many things we miss in our everyday lives," she observes on "Little Things," "like rainbows, fresh snow and the smell of summer." Those may be some of the cheesiest lines this side of Anne Murray, but they're transformed by Rhodes' dryly minimalist vocals and Barlow's high-anxiety, minor-key drum-and-bass into a forceful, danceable manifesto. On Fours, Lamb's principles are an almost perfect match of life force and death wish. (RS 820)


NATASHA STOVALL



(Posted: Sep 2, 1999)

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