![]() ![]() ![]() "Through Time" is another highlight with its airy bossa nova feel, the subdued and spacious production complementing Murphy's voice at is rich and sultry peak. "Leaving the City" combines a repetitious pleading refrain by Murphy ("No more goodbyes!") with tense backing from Herbert at his busiest, the out-of-tune guitar plucks imparting a palpable sense of urgency. The first seven tracks are very nearly flawless. And behind Murphy is some of Herbert's most balanced and functional music- plenty of glitches and odd noises but always deployed in the service of the song. She's also ironed out some of her trademark tics, mostly leaving behind the pinched nasal tone that seemed intended to impart "attitude" to certain Moloko tracks. Her singing has definitely improved in a technical sense, as she sounds more confident and controlled with her voice basically stripped of processing. It's hard to imagine anyone not ranking this is the best thing Murphy has ever done. All songs were released piecemeal earlier this year on three low-profile 12" EPs titled Sequins 1-3. They wrote the songs together and Herbert handled the production, melding his intricate sampling technique, which proceeds according to strict compositional strictures, with contributions from other musicians, mostly horns and reeds. After the fortuitous meeting over the mixing board, Murphy and Herbert later decided to collaborate on this, her debut solo album. ![]()
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