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Lead Performance: Mark Eitzel
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David Browne
David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' (HarperCollins)
With his sad-sack voice and references to himself as an ''expert in lifelike depression,'' the ex-American Music Club leader is still the life of the funeral. But the guitar jangle and keyboard-and-marimba cascades of Peter Buck's production finally lend Mark Eitzel's dirges the rhythmic dynamics and musical variety they've longed for. From surging folk rock (''Move Myself Ahead'') to bare-trees mood pieces (''Fresh Screwdriver''), West isn't just Eitzel's best — it's depressing music that's genuinely uplifting. A
Posted May 09, 1997
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