Name: Flash Light
Brand: Tom Verlaine

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ccm3942

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2011-06-28

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Signed copies: No

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Tom Verlaine

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

with this release, tom verlaine comes full circle to the style of his initial solo album. this great platter has an energized, mostly no-nonsense feel to it that is extremely appealing. production is meticulous, if not normally showy as on his previous album, cover. flash light is chock-full of rocking numbers of all kinds, ranging from straight-ahead, meat-and-potatoes types ('cry mercy, judge' and 'say a prayer'), to the quirkier 'bomb' and 'annie's tellin' me,' to the walloping big beat of 'a town called walker,' 'the funniest thing' and 'one time at sundown' are earnest mid-tempo selections that in places suggest dire straits. the 'good old days' of television and that group's lengthy guitar break sections are strongly evoked in the slow, grand number 'at 4 a.m.' the most unusual and striking song here is 'the scientist writes a letter,' where the text is actually in the format of a letter, set to synthesizer-oriented music that is both intricate and changeable (suggesting the more involved arrangements from cover). this song is touching and true, the confessions of a man who must be himself at the cost of losing contact with a loved one. released after a three-year silence, flash light was well worth waiting for; this splendid album makes an excellent purchase.

Flash Light

Music GB