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Hooverphonic | The Magnificent Tree

CD, Sony Benelux

Tekst: Ariën Rasmijn

Publicatiedatum: 17 september 2000

Making a somewhat interesting pop-oriented record is harder than any of us would care to admit. Not too many acts succeed at this, but this Belgian threesome does with honors. The first couple of spins of this stylish '60s film noir-inspired poprecord had more than enough nuance and variation to keep me from running to the remote and that, to be perfectly honest, is a feat worth mentioning when it comes to this brand of music (on the fine line between art and pulp) because for all its dark references (Gainsbourg, Portishead) it's devoid of any "real" danger or "depth". It's totally up to you and what you want out of a record, if you have a problem with that aspect of Hooverphonic's music and if it weren't played this well it would've bothered me like a bad movie would (to keep the analogy going·). But quickly one gets that it's all about pure escapism, atmosphere. Nothing more than singer Geike Arnaert, alone in the safety of her bedroom, imagining she's in a film by Maigret, playing out a scene in her pj's in front of the mirror. The admirable trick on display here is the production; lavishly orchestrated, true to tradition yet inventive within its limited parameters. Proof that you can be derivative and still create.

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