1997 saw U.K. band Catherine Wheel release their fourth full length album, Adam and Eve, a stunning collection of songs. After starting with the shoegazer sound of their debut, Ferment, and its follow up, Chrome, the band moved to a heavier sound for Happy Days and then surprisingly to a very lush amost Pink Floyd-like, acoustic tinged, harmonic laden sound with A&E. The album resonated with critics, long-time fans, and not too many other people. It was even praised by one of the men responsible for the album of the year in 1997, Thom Yorke, who has said Catherine Wheel were/is a band that should have made it huge. Perhaps the finest single ever released by the Wheel, "Ma Solituda", featured the spectacular b-side, "Paranoia". It is a brilliant haunting track and features one of my favorite opening lines, the title of this post, "Call me Doctor Frankenstein of London". I urge you to check out the Wheel, if not for me, do it for your yourself.
Monday, August 27, 2007
"Call me Doctor Frankenstein of London"
1997 saw U.K. band Catherine Wheel release their fourth full length album, Adam and Eve, a stunning collection of songs. After starting with the shoegazer sound of their debut, Ferment, and its follow up, Chrome, the band moved to a heavier sound for Happy Days and then surprisingly to a very lush amost Pink Floyd-like, acoustic tinged, harmonic laden sound with A&E. The album resonated with critics, long-time fans, and not too many other people. It was even praised by one of the men responsible for the album of the year in 1997, Thom Yorke, who has said Catherine Wheel were/is a band that should have made it huge. Perhaps the finest single ever released by the Wheel, "Ma Solituda", featured the spectacular b-side, "Paranoia". It is a brilliant haunting track and features one of my favorite opening lines, the title of this post, "Call me Doctor Frankenstein of London". I urge you to check out the Wheel, if not for me, do it for your yourself.
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