Comforting and unsettling

Review Score: (10/10)
This album provides me with immense depth of experience. I sink into it. Like a backdrop to my existence. The melodies sound homely, relaxed, affable, inviting. It is not troubardour music, but the casual sound reminds one of that ambience. Yet, if you listen closely you hear that this is scary, crazy, unsettling music, ingeniously written.

I am constantly astounded by this album, the production, Cale's singing, the backing vocals, the clever melodies, the weird ideas in the background, and the overall harmony of it all. Effortlessly. This is where beauty and ugliness meet, and never before have I heard these contrasts so easily balanced. In that sense this is where beautiful "Paris 1919" and the scary "Music for a New Society" meet, if you like.

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