Starless are More than A King Crimson Album
R. T. Duprey | CA | 12/02/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I went through much hullabaloo to acquire this album, on the strength of a review in Harp.
All I can say is that this album is quite worth the effort.
It's old-school folk at it's best: unassuming, quiet, and affecting. To me it's somewhere in between Led Zeppelin's quiter moments and Portishead, at times.
But that doesn't mean the album isn't playful. The first track has videogame and cartoon incidental noise, so that Yogi Bear is running for his picanic basket all over the song.
In sum, there isn't that much I can say except that this album is perfect for a rainy day in November or a sunny day in April. It's got jazz, electronic experiments, old school folk, and it still manages to cohere into a laid back and original sound.
Wonderful. One of my top for 2006."