By: Stephen Tompkins
The album reviewed below was almost canned by EMI. It is available almost everywhere on the internet!
You know Danger Mouse as half of Gnarls Barkley,or the guy who made Jay-Z's Grey Album, and you may have heard of Sparklehorse (I'm unfamiliar with the latter, myself)a U.K. electro band featuring, Mark Linkous, and Scott Minor. Well, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse hooked up with about every recording artist under the sun(jk... rowling)and produced one sick album,Dark Night of the Soul. I'm not kidding, this album has something for everyone! Including cameos from David Lynch!
You've got the album opener "Revenge," featuring The Flaming Lips. "Little Girl," featuring Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) and his song is every bit Strokes meets hip-hop. This one even has a dose of punk and post-punk, the former being "Pain," featuring Iggy Pop and the latter being "Angel's Harp," featuring Black Francis(trust me, I probably hate calling him that more than you hate reading me call him that, but that's how he is credited on the album!) talking about plucking his Angel's harp all day! The cameo from The Shins' James Mercer is much appreciated on "Insane Lullaby." It's too hard for me to pick a favorite song on the album, because they are all good in their own way, you just have to check it out for yourself!
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