Audio CD review:
Over the Rhine - Films for Radio

Over the Rhine - Films for Radio

Band: Over the Rhine Title: Films for Radio Rating: Release Date: 13 March, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The World Can Wait 2: If Nothing Else 3: Give Me Strength 4: Fairpoint Diary 5: I Radio Heaven 6: Little Blue River 7: Goodbye 8: Whatever You Say 9: The Body Is A Stairway Of Skin 10: Moth 11: When I Go

Editoral Review ), Over the Rhine create a musical landscape that is all floating echoed guitars and sincere thoughtful vocals over rhythms that modulate between the vaguely funky and staidly straightforward. Working in the increasingly marginalized adult-contemporary-for-smart-people niche (think Cowboy Junkies, Tori Amos, Timbuk3, et al. Vocalist Karin Berquist and keyboardist-guitarist-songwriter Linford Detweiler impressively mirror the emptiness of modern life with the vacuous Films for Radio. There are elements of country, soul, and 4AD here, but Over the Rhine steadfastly refused to commit to any one form or genre in particular, instead opting for an aural smorgasbord that while vapid is oddly satisfying in its absolute blandness. While one might be better off with the Walkabouts' latest, Over the Rhine's Films for Radio is truly modern music that is just what it appears to be--shallow. --Mike Johnson .. You can see a complete list of all Over the Rhine discography, or go back to the Over the Rhine tabs