That said, Danger Mouse is once again testing the limits of music distribution. His new album with Daniele Luppi is streaming online through various websites and most interestingly, youtube. The usual nonsense of links within videos on youtube has been put to good use here. You are presented with a menu, much like a DVD menu on which you can choose a track from the album or allow it to play through itself. This allows the whole album to load, while also offering high quality tracks and therein, the best possible advertisement for the album.
My initial impressions of the music are largely positive. The resonance with Enio Morricone cannot be avoided and nor should it, with the choir of "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" and "Once upon a Time in the West" reunited for the album. Couple the contemporary spaghetti western vibe with the guest voices of Jack White and Norah Jones and you have a recipe for something very unique indeed.
Unique, however, just does not ring as accurate for the album. I have been wondering if I should just listen to some more Enio Morricone instead of this somewhat unoriginal connection. But then again, this was never meant to be a blazing trail into new territory. It is instead, slick, polished, smooth and thoroughly enjoyable on its own terms. As an homage then, this is a wonderful project.
I wonder if I can find the money and wherewithal to actually buy it.
-The English Student
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