Duke Special - album review
- Source: The List (Issue 561)
- Date: 10 October 2006 (updated 28 Jun 2007)
- Written by: Malcolm Jack
Duke Special
Songs From the Deep Forest (V2)
INDIE POP
Judged on its own merit, this second release from the dreadlocked ‘boho-chic’ Belfast lad (bet you don’t get many of them) Peter Wilson has some fine moments. Opener ‘Wake Up Scarlett’ is a giant of a song, while ‘Everybody Wants a Little Something’ too is impressive, sounding like it could have been plucked from a Gershwin musical. Otherwise, Songs From the Deep Forest sticks in a slightly droopy limbo - short of the necessary grandeur to rank up there alongside Rufus Wainwright’s best, but not boasting such an earthy, everyman spirit as to challenge Badly Drawn Boy for his local-lad-come good crown.
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