A new direction for Mr. Black
Jesse H. Mellon | San Diego, CA | 12/28/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This album finds Black Francis, né Frank Black, né Charles Thompson, in a familiar yet refined musical place. This feels more assertive and produced and less bluegrassy than his last few. Every song references Herman Brood, a Dutch artist, with a Brood cover ("You Can't Break a Heart and Have It"). Diggin' the male/female vocals, one of the things that made the Pixies such a good listen (although I'm a bigger fan overall of his solo stuff, blasphemous as that is). Perfect driving music."