With eight years having passed since his
last album (Up, 2002), fans might have reasonably expected some new music by now. Instead, Gabriel, always one to
confound, has released an album featuring nothing of covers. He’s re-imagined twelve of the songs he admires most from Bowie to Radiohead and the Talking Heads to
Arcade Fire, all without the benefit of guitars or drums. Don’t scoff. It works, and very well too.
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