Momus -
"Joemus"
[ Released on Analog Baroque Records - ANALOG 013 CD - November 2008 ]
MOMUS SAYS:
From fast to slow and back again, the eighteenth studio album from Momus. Co-written and co-produced by Germlin, aka Joe Howe, a young Glaswegian (from Perth, actually, and soon Aberdeen) born the same year Momus was (1984), and 24 years after Nick Currie popped out of his mother's womb in Paisley.
PHESPIRIT SAYS:
No single concept behind this one. There are familiar Momus themes and stylings, playfulness and inventiveness, storytelling and nonsense; there is the Stanley Knife cum punchbag presence of Joe Howe, a couple of stabalising cover versions and the occasional splash of originality. The whole is an unpredictable mix of immediate joys and unfathomable noise, planted with one or two gently unfurling flowers that appear more magnificent as each detail becomes clearer. The Cooper O' Fife provides instant gratification, but The Man You'll Never Be may be Joemus's timeless classic.
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