Music Review

The Lateness of the Hour

Eric Matthews
Reviewed by Rob Brunner | Aug 22, 1997
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Eric Matthews

Though his second solo album, The Lateness of the Hour, boasts as impressively diverse an array of instruments as on his debut — Eric Matthews himself plays guitar, trumpet, piano, harpsichord, and flugelhorn — the sound is more subtle. His past songs seemed almost an excuse for layers of orchestration, while this smooth, lovely set of melancholia is never overwhelmed by its ambitions. B+

Originally posted Aug 22, 1997 Published in issue #393-394 Aug 22, 1997 Order article reprints

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