Date:         Fri, 1 Aug 1997 19:04:40 -0500
From:         "Igor V. Boronenkov" <iboronen@STUDENTS.WISC.EDU>
Subject:      Locust "Morning Light"

Hi, gang

this album is mentioned here for two, no, three reasons:

Neil "Slowdive" sings on one of the songs,

a man behind Locust (Mark vanHoen) is a long-time Seefeel engineer and
collaborator, Seefeel-Slowdive connection is well known,

three-it's a very beautiful piece of music.

For starters, short teaser from riouxs@aol.com:

<smaller>***rioux's recommendation of the month***


LOCUST - Morning light CD (apollo) $16.90

        This has been described as This Mortal Coil meets Massive Attack -

        and the comparisons could not be more spot on.  At times the mood

        hits the rare aire of the Blue Nile's _hats_.  This is a solid

        absolutely beautiful record composed by Mark Van Hoen and

        features vocals by Annie Williams, Zoe Niblett, & Neil Halstead.

</smaller>

earlier Locust material is a more dark claustrophobic high-quality
intellegent techno. Lately he started collaborating with various
vocalists (mostly female) with the result being more romantic,
atmospheric string-laden compositions. Sure as hell sounds like This
Mortal Coil, right? Well, the sound of the record is less "4AD", more
trip-hoppy, but in the mood, not the techniques. Soulful vocal tracks
are mixed with rather minimal ghostly instrumentals, reminiscent of
later Bark Psychosis, Talk Talk and "Pygmalion". Neil's singing is OK,
but doesn't stand out much as most of the songs are as great.
Conveniently included is material from Annie Williams earlier "Folie"
EP on Apollo.

for dreampoppres I would remind that the new Radiohead is great, new
Spiritualized album is less droney, more Boo Radleyish, and new
Catherine Wheel (more ballad-inclined) is coming out very soon.

salute

Boroda

Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:15:58 +0200
From: Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com>
To: 4AD-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Locust's Morning Light

On  4 Nov 97, David Thorpe wrote:
> Talking of gloomy music, [...] my recommendation is to look into
> Locust's <<Morning Light>>  [...]  on the whole I recommend it.

I'd second that and highly recommend the album, though the track
"Morning Light" is perhaps one of the weakest.  I don't really
consider it that  "gloomy", though??  I believe Locust's previous
efforts have been darker than this.  It's beautifully evocative and
swirly, so in this way it might well fit the TMC general orbit.

Give it a listen before buying, but it does 'grow'.