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Again working with John Leckie on production, 's third Beggars album, Bend Sinister, was a distinctly down affair -- not that were ever a shiny happy band, of course, but both music and lyrics seemed like a darker corner to dwell in. Happily there was no worry that would ever go goth; one suspects would rather have his tongue removed. Still, opening track 'R.O.D.' Makes for a distinctly lower-key start in comparison to recent leadoffs like 'Lay of the Land' and 'Bombast,' almost sounding a bit like fellow Mancunian legends, 's lyric his own depressing vision of a beast slouching toward Bethlehem. Leckie's production emphasizes space in the recording, while the band as a whole sounds generally more deliberate and understated, even Craig Scanlon's guitar not leaping quite as much to trebly life as is normally the case. Songs like 'Gross Chapel - British Grenadiers' favor Steve Hanley's bass work as much as anything, while the almost industrial/hip-hop beat of 'US 80's-90's' sets the tone for a glowering vision of the States from, as puts it, 'the big-shot original rapper.'

Frequenzweiche Berechnen Software Definition. Elsewhere, there's 's vision of the eternal outsider comes to life once again -- 'Shoulder Pads 1,' a hardly disguised sneer against being surrounded by people who 'can't tell from Doug Yule,' for all that there's a slightly quirky arrangement thanks to Simon Rogers' keyboards. Still, there are certainly moments of sheer fun -- in keeping with the band's regular ear for good cover versions, this time around psych-era obscurities the Other Half get the nod with a brisk rip through the obvious drug references of 'Mr. Again shares vocal leads with at various points, notably 'Dktr. Faustus,' a distinctly reworked version of that particular legend that turns into a frantic, audibly unhappy dance groove.

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