Music Review

Tragic Magic

Madder Rose
Reviewed by Wook Kim | Jul 18, 1997
EW's GRADE
B-

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It might be possible to forgive NYC band Madder Rose for abandoning their formidable bubble-grunge sound to test the more commercially inviting waters of electronica. But their new album, Tragic Magic, is frustratingly half-baked and suffers from near-funereal pacing. Fortunately, Mary Lorson's lighter-than-air vocals counter even the most sedative of tracks. B-

Originally posted Jul 18, 1997 Published in issue #388 Jul 18, 1997 Order article reprints

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