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Title: Sickly Sweet
Review: There's a fine line between the embodiment of beauty and the chocolate box. The higher the stakes, the more unpalatable the pale charicture reveals itself to be. This album is far from Damon & Naomi's earlier incandescent incarnation as "Pierre Etoile" and the results are disappointing. It's a rather cloying and saccharine set of takes on the "sweet tune" with old-school instrumentation that seeks to contrive wholesomeness but ultimately basks in naivité. There are slightly more engrossing tracks towards the end, but listening to Big Star's original version of "Blue Moon" on the heels of Damon & Naomi's neutered cover will highlight just how lacking this whole project is.
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