Kid Loco - Kill Your Darlings [2001]

1. Cocaine Diana 2. Lucy's Talking 3. Horsetown in Vain 4. Three Feet High Reefer 5. A Little Bit of Soul 6. I Can't Let It Happen to You - Kid Loco, Maus, J. 7. Gypsie Good Time 8. Here Come the Munchies 9. Going Round in Circles 10. I Want You Multi-talented Parisian goes all acoustic on this album. The dubby, cinematic trip-hop he's known for is still lurking, but it's an album of more traditional 'real songs' even echoing Lou Reed and Serge Gainsbourg at times. Drifting acoustic strummings, folky, bluesy, riffs work well with the vocals and cheeky numbers like Three Feet High Reefer are quite fun but somehow it fails to live up to the concept - Kid Loco doing proper songs. Strummed acoustic guitar fills the Velvets-like reminiscing of "Cocaine Diana," followed by the Stones-ish swell of "Lucy's Talking," which is offset by blasts of tuba and trumpet. Spooky Gregorian chants intro the album's first truly trip-hop track, "Horsepower in Vain," which uses sitar and groaning brass to create an ominous night vision. The respite comes with the lilting Cubano strut of "Gypsie Good Time," the bittersweet "I Can't Let It Happen to You," and the bolting big beats of "Going 'Round in Circles." Merging despondent vocals with fleshy trip-hop, Kill Your Darlings attempts avant punk/trip-hop assimilation. Kudos for experimentation. Pt.1 Pt.2

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