Dinner - Psychic Lovers
- Written by Kenneth McMurtrie
First impessions? I don't like the vocals, a statement that "It's like sexual Christian rock, really. But with out all the Christianity" is hardly appealing and that the artist has a guided hypnosis tape amongst his initial works is equally off-putting. Still, I stuck my neck out of my comfort zone in picking this so the least I can do is listen further.
As a result track one, 'Cool As Ice' begins to reach me, musically at least. Given the electronic nature of the work it's hard to tell if there are effects on the vocals or not. Those on third track 'Turn Me On' show an improvement, sounding less affected and the general '80s slant of the whole shebang begins to gell that bit more.
Dinner's Danish and apparently splits his time between LA, Copenhagen and Berlin so from that you'd assume he's already not doing too badly. Unfortunately the same can't be said for those vocals as they return to sounding like he's got a blockage somewhere between his nose and his throat. Guest vocalists would have benefitted this album greatly.
Which is a shame as you'd be hard pressed to find fault with the moody music herein, effortlessly echoing as it does classic Tears For Fears, coldwave bands etc. Good, but needs some work.
