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Title: Vapors
Review: Craig Armstrong's As If to Nothing begins with a series of bleeps. When it's over, you won't recall hearing anything more. Best known for his film scoring (Moulin Rouge), Armstrong employs his orchestral skills for a true sense of ominous foreboding. The opening track, "Relentless Gravity", is particularly forlorn. Problem is - as it is for most film composers - songs. He uses tons of collaborators to help on that front (Mogwai, King Crimson via sample, Bono, Photek), but the results are wan at best. Except for "Wake Up in New York", featuring a heartbreakingly understated vocal by, of all people, Evan Dando, the tracks glide by on an atmosphere no more substantial than vapor. As If to Nothing, indeed.
