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Mar 15, 2017Deceptively simple, Cocker’s economical narratives sit atop Gonzalez’s evocative ivories, drawing you in with their intimacy, like an old rummy spilling the beans.
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Mar 21, 2017This is an elaborate, highly-thematic work for both artists; simply put, a fascinating excursion for Cocker's followers, and a must-listen for any devotees of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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Apr 19, 2017A chamber piece that spills blood all over the hotel carpet, Room 29 is an understated triumph.
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Mar 24, 2017The result is a thrilling trip into a time and a place where nothing is really quite as it seems and the glamorous mask is slipping away.
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Mar 20, 2017Cocker and Gonzales aren’t so mesmerised by Chateau lore (John Belushi overdosing, etc) as they are by the semi-famous marinating in glamorous desperation, the old-school Hollywood lifers ordering “ice cream as main course”.
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UncutMar 15, 2017An album filled with similarly delicious moments. [Apr 2017, p.22]
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Mar 15, 2017Perhaps the individual songs seem ephemeral when isolated on their own, but that's because Room 29 is constructed as a tone poem, a collection of songs, poetry, and incidental music that's designed to be a hyper-reality--an intersection of the glamorous past of Hollywood and our arch modern sensibility, and it succeeds gloriously at that.
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Mar 27, 2017A few tracks are infectious enough to merit standalone listens.
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May 25, 2017Serious fans of either of these two collaborators will probably want to pick up a copy of Room 29. For the casual listener, however, there is not a great deal to hold onto.
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2017It's a record that opens the door with its's robe falling to the floor: louche, suggestive clammy in places. [Jun 2017, p.104]
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Mar 23, 2017Room 29 sags in the forlorn middle section, but Bombshell’s nervous energy and the frenzied A Trick of the Light brilliantly expose the torment of falling for an illusion.
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MojoMar 15, 2017A familiar narrative, perhaps, but rendered with uniquely mordant wit. [Apr 2017, p.91]
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May 22, 2017If you really love the lounge vibe, you'll likely enjoy this trip. For everyone else though, keep your visit to Room 29 a short, selective one.
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Mar 15, 2017One can’t help thinking the ghosts and echoes of previous scandalous indulgences are rather betrayed by the project’s neat, sentimental manner.
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Mar 17, 2017This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.