Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (11/08/90)
Really-From: gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert) A new Hex CD appeared yesterday (or I noticed it yesterday, anyway): Hex: _Vast Halos_ Rykodisc RCD 10186 ( (p) First Warning Records ) Credits Donnette Thayer, "organic sounds" (ex-Game Theory vocalist) Steve Kilby, "electrical impulse control" (current-Church vocalist) Jim McGrath, "pounding, shaking, and apple eating" (?) I'm a bit disappointed: the album for the most part lacks the melodicism and disturbed atmosphere of the first album: Hex: _Hex_ First Warning Records FW 001-2 (dist. by Rough Trade) Ms. Thayer kinda snoozes through the first half of the album, hits a couple of good ones with "Hollywood in Winter" and "Orpheus Circuit", then ends with the mystic-lite title track. The first album (recommended via this very news group) was (IMHO) rescued from pretentiousness by an air of quirky madness; _Vast Halos_ seems better formed and thus less intriguing. I have to admit that my opinion of the first album increased enormously upon repeated listenings, but nonetheless you might want to listen to _VH_ before you buy it... Footah! -greg -- gb10@gte.com