[Introspective] Re: Bent and Potemkin.

[James Cherry]

RMT:

> I've just got the new album from Bent, Ariels, well, last week...  It's
> totally fabulous, and, dare I say it, very Pet Shop Boys.

While I would in no way endorse this album to all PSB fans and tell everyone
to buy it immediately, there are certain things about it that remind me of
Behaviour. Just it's atmosphere, quite downbeat but good melodies, but with
a couple of danceable electronic tracks thrown in for good measure. Even the
song Silent Life ends with a string quartet refrain, not unlike My October
Symphony.

> Another thing, the buy who played the pedal steel on "...Drunk", B J
> Cole, appears on several tracks on Ariels.

As he did on their previous album, The Everlasting Blink.

> Check out www.bent-world.com

Or even Bent Discography where you can hear samples of practically
everything. And then weep at how much material on there is impossible to
find.

So, any of the 25,000 present in Trafalgar Square actually on this moribund
list? Given the scale of the event it's shocking how quiet things are.

JPC