专辑简介

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

As the first Recoil album since Alan Wilder'sdeparture from Depeche Mode, some may have suspected that Unsound Methods would be the first Recoil album with commerical aspirations. After all, Wildermight have wanted to ensure a steady paycheck now that he was no longer with the group. They needn't have worried -- Unsound Methods is Recoil's most ambitious, adventurous record to date. Throughout the album, Wilderis exploring new soundscapes, developing cinematic collages of sound that rely equally on ambient textures, subtle electronic rhythms, strings and cavernous dub effects. Over this impressionistic music, Wilderhas drafted a number of guest vocalists, including former Nitzer Ebbsinger Douglas McCarthy, former Miranda Sex Gardenvocalist Hepzibah Sessa, gospel singer Hildia Campbelland New York-based author/poet/performance artist Maggie Estep, who all contribute appropriately haunting, evocative performances. The end result is a record that is darkly provocative and resonant, an album that establishes Wilderas a more viable artist than the latter-day Depeche Mode