Molloy Woodcraft 

David Crosby: Croz – review

David Crosby's first solo album in two decades is pleasingly diverse, writes Molloy Woodcraft
  
  


Recorded at his son's home studio, David Crosby's first solo studio album in two decades has a pleasingly jazzy feel, the arrangements full of blocky piano chords and big string bass which, with Crosby's much-envied harmonies, create a pleasant fug. Tracks such as What's Broken (which has fluid guitar from Mark Knopfler) have heavy hints of west coast AOR, a sound that in his leftfield way Crosby did much to create; the six-minute Dangerous Night adds a hip-hoppish beat to the mix. Standouts? The folky/eastern The Clearing plays with time and key signatures before a nice squelchy synth line kicks in, while Radio has a catchy chorus and shuffling drums. If She Called is like a sparse, seedy counterpart to Guinnevere, and Morning Falling, with its subdued beats and high vocals, sounds almost like latter-day Radiohead. Hymn to non-attachment Set That Baggage Down, with its jangling electric guitar, is more of a foot-tapper than the subject matter suggests.

 

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