Whisper & a Sigh [Import]

Syd Matters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: V2
• ASIN: B0000YRIY2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,023,349 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Automatic

2. Black & White Eyes

3. Battle Of Olympus

4. Stone Man

5. End & Start Again

6. Dead Machine

7. Have A Nice Day

8. Morpheus

9. Bones

10. Love & Sleep

11. Tired Young Man

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars dual disc, July 21, 2005

By 

alexander laurence (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whisper & a Sigh (Audio CD)

A few years ago I was listening to a lot of Nick Drake. Then I was listening
to some Neil Halstead and Badly Drawn Boy. Those are good albums to listen to
in late fall, or early winter. At that time I usually retreat to my cabin and
no one sees me for three months. I emerge later with a large beard. This is
one of those nice sounding folk records. It reminds me of a time; maybe most of
2002, when I was listening to and hanging out with bands like Alfie and
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Actually Euros Childs, of Gorky's, shows up on one track here
called "I Care." This record is pretty amazing sounding all the way through.
I think that Syd Matters is from France. I think that is where this record
was first released. But he sounds more like American and English roots guys of
the past thirty years. It is totally cool. This sort of stuff flies in the face
of fashion and means more twenty years down the line. "Flow Backwards"
almost sounds like The Divine Comedy. This record comes with a second disc called
"A Whisper and A Sigh" which is equally good. Syd Matters is a shock to the
system. It's not even what I expected. But it's pretty deep music.