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| CD REVIEW DRUGSTORE · Second release from six-year-old UK Prozac pop band. · Radiohead's Thom Yorke appears on the album as a guest vocalist. Isabel Monteiro, the lead singer for Drugstore, instructs us to listen to White Magic For Lovers in the dark with headphones. "It is not 'today' music; it's more of a time that exists in your head." I say listen to this album in whatever lighting you please, but make it sooner than later. Drugstore are like a warm fragrance that gently wafts through the air - not enough to overpower, but subtle enough to send you into a tailspin drunk with relaxation and cozy sentiments. The country/Brit pop trio open with two warm welcomes ("Say Hello" and "Mondo Cane"), proceed to a slow duet with Thom Yorke ("El President") and follow with fragile and angsty moments ("Sober" and "I Know I Could"). Next comes an upbeat string of pop hits ("Spacegirl" and "Never Come Down"), followed by an acoustic gem ("Song For Pessoa"). A forgettable but forgivable Casio drum filler ("I Don't Want to be Here Without You" - oh, pullease) makes you stop dead in your tracks, but the beauty of the title song utterly cleans up with its modern day witchcraft advice on 'how to get him to love you' (the lyrics are so cool that the editors at Cosmopolitan would be jealous). The album ends with a weird and playful twist ("Tips For Travelling" and "The Funeral [But Most of All]") and a wistful, come hither (wink, wink) hidden track. Whew. Quite a summer night. Drugstore provide a relaxing album that may find you sipping a lemonade on a porch swing, watching the sunset and enjoying every second of it. 4/5 |
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