Plush


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More You Becomes You , 6/10 (mini)
Fed (2002), 6/10
Bright Penny (2009), 5/10
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Plush is basically Liam Hayes from Chicago. Plush's first single, Three Quarters Blind Eyes (Drag City, 1994), caused a sensation, thanks to grandiose and melodramatic melodies that evoked the Cardinals' orchestral pop.

Plush mysteriously disappeared for several years and, when he resurfaced with the single No Education (Drag City, 1998) and the mini-album More You Becomes You (Drag City, 1998), had become a shy entertainer specializing in piano-based ballads.

Hayes then proceeded to record an ambitious opus, Fed (After Hours, 2002) and a subset of it was released as Underfed (Drag City, 2005). The Van Dyke Parks-style orchestration and the brilliant melodies always shunned facile Brit-pop catchiness the way the intellectual singer-songwriters of the 1970s did (Greyhound Bus Station).

Bright Penny (Broken Horse, 2009) was a vastly inferior work.

(Translation by/ Tradotto da Rossana Sessa )

Plush si chiama in realtà Liam Hayes ed è di Chicago. Il suo primo singolo, Three Quarters Blind Eyes (Drag City, 1994), conobbe il successo grazie alle sue armonie melodrammatiche e solenni che ricordavano quelle del pop sinfonico dei Cardinals.

Plush scomparve misteriosamente dalle scene per diversi anni ma quando poi vi ricomparve con No Education (Drag City, 1998) ed il mini-album More You Becomes You (Drag City, 1998), era diventato uno schivo musicista specializzato in temi basati essenzialmente sul pianoforte.

Hayes si dedicò poi alla registrazione di un ambizioso progetto, Fed (After Hours, 2002) di cui fu pubblicata una selezione intitolata Underfed (Drag City, 2005). Grazie a brillanti melodie ed orchestrazioni nello stile di Van Dyke Parks, Hayes schivò il facile contagio del Brit-pop come l’intellettuale cantante-compositore aveva fatto negli anni ’70 (Greyhound Bus Station).  

Bright Penny (Broken Horse, 2009) è un lavoro di gran lunga inferiore.

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