The Drift,
by Scott Walker
Trying to figure out singer Scott Walker's latest CD,
The Drift is an exercise in of
itself. The performer's first album in nearly a decade, Walker sings (in
alternating styles) of 9/11, the execution of Benito Mussolini and other
cheery subjects in a grim, almost fatalistic tone, with a
stripped-to-the-bone production to match. Not for the faint hearted.
(Walker's 1960s output with the faux-British Invasion band the Walker
Brothers, who had a big hit here in the states with The Sun Ain't Gonna
Shine Anymore can be heard on the CD
After The Lights Go Out: Best of 1965-67,
which also has its grim moments amidst the pop frivolity.)
-Ed
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