Hugo Largo

• Drum [Opal, 1988] D+

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Drum [Opal, 1988]
Former hardcore advocate and MTV copywriter Tim Sommer claims his latest fantasy reformulates "the 30-year-old concept of what a rock band sounds like." Right--and so do the Kronos Quartet, the Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir, and George Winston. With stringed/bowed instruments (no drums, get it?) under the sway of inaccurata soprano Mimi Goese--to say she sounds like Natalie Merchant mourning a lost orgasm understates her commitment to her affectations--this is the definition of arty twaddle. Inspirational Verse: "Balancing glasses on your nose/By the crystal ball/Purified of vulgar things/Planted feet along the hall." D+