Music Review

Goodnight Oslo (2009)

EW's GRADE
A

Details Release Date: Feb 17, 2009; Lead Performance: Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3; Genre: Rock

Robyn Hitchcock has been so good for so long (30 years!), it's easy to take his sly insights into the human condition for granted. Backed once again by three members of R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin), Hitchcock sprinkles his lilting nocturnes, jingle-jangle garage rock, and casual anthems with pop glitter on Goodnight Oslo. Ingratiating harmonies ornament disturbing imagery, as this psychedelic emissary homes in on the absurdity of what it means to be alive. A

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Originally posted Feb 18, 2009 Published in issue #1036 Feb 27, 2009 Order article reprints

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