> > Favorite recent listens: new Delgados,  (snip)
> 
> oh, man, am i ever psyched about this. i just saw that
> they'll be playing here in April, and i missed em when
> "The Great Eastern" was new...So, Brent, do you have
> TGE, and how does this new one stack up? Is old Dave
> "soft bulletin" Fridmann producing again?  How are
> they live? I generally am not a fan of female vox, for
> which bias I have no defense, but this Emma Pollack
> chick could be singing c-span transcripts and i'd be
> transfixed.  

This is my first Delgados, so I can't compare it to others, but I do 
plan to pick up the other albums now. The track that hooked me in 
was "Coming in From the Cold"...a bit obvious, but Emma has such a 
pretty voice and such a happysad melody. The lead vox on the album 
are split evenly between between Alun and Emma and Alan has some 
pretty good tracks as well, not the least of which is "If This is 
the Plan". Yes, Dave Fridman produces, and that's both a good thing 
and a bad thing. In general, I like his production style, except 
when occasionally he goes for this grand crunchiose sound which 
makes my hifi sound like it's clipping. I noticed this on one or two 
tracks on Soft Bulletin as well. Didn't really notice it at all on 
Yoshimi though. Maybe I need to upgrade my my Emerson all-in-1 
unit. ;-) But I highly recommend the new Delgados' "Hate". 

Regards, 
Brent