With a substantial 660 words in five paragraphs, Sisson assuredly achieves his goal of reviewing the most recent record by the Columbus musician. He deftly emphasises the contradictions of art through his repeated placement of opposing concepts in introductory paragraphs – independence/retrospection; ambition/repression; confidence/reticence – embodied in the snappy final description of the album as “a forward thinking look back”.
The highlight is undoubtedly the spare apostrophe in the fourth-paragraph “it’s”: a daring and provocative move sadly destined to be overlooked or, worse, interpreted as a typing error by the untrained eye. Such subtlety is characteristic of a writer from whom we can expect huge things in 2010. (8.1)mp3: RJD2 – "A Spaceship for Now"
Originally written for Sanctuary.
2 comments:
what are you getting at? Do you not like the review?
Nah, the brief was just to review any other music or book review, but in a really grandiose/daft style. That it was this particular review was just pin-in-the-phone-book stuff. i think it's a pretty good review; it made me get and listen to the record, anyway.
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