Title: Multi-directional
Review: I don't like to paint myself in with genre comparisons too much when the subject is music. So, excuse me if this doesn't help.The strength here is the songwriting. That is, even if it is a "debut" recording, it is a polished, competent and confident album. One finds it impossible these are the first songs Now has created.Lighter pop sensibilities shift to an almost experimental electronic sound at times. Just when I thought the recording was headed in a minimalist direction, other songs had an entirely different dynamic. My office mate thought some of the sounds reminscent of "80's" strengths. I hadn't thought of it until he said it, but I couldn't argue either. Poets in the Streets is not a recording one can pigeonhole.Enjoy lyrics that are socially aware with an almost new-age introspectiveness?...in a pop album? See "In the Natural World" or "Sweep it Up."Poets may just be what you're looking for.
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