27 Nov Wilco’s Parts Don’t Add Up to Whole
The Whole Love from Wilco starts promising and ends OK. The first song on Wilco’s latest is called Art of Almost and it begins with noisy grinding electronic noise that sounds more like Radiohead than Chicago’s favorite “Americana” band. At just over seven minutes the song sets the stage for more musical exploration, but then I Might comes bouncing in with 60s’ era perky pop – all bap-bap-bap drums, farfisa organ and even a doo-doo-doo-doo chorus. The album proceeds to move around between genres and whilst almost all of the songs are better than good, the sum total experience didn't really stay with me long. I didn't want to play it again right away like previous Wilco albums. Rather I felt obligated to listen again to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Dawned On Me is a nice “Wilco” chugger that will offend no one, but it won’t be a hit either. Black...