GONZALES - Soft Power

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 06:11PM
soundscapes in Pop/Rock

Workplace stresses conveyed kids'-song-style set the tone on this first vocal Gonzales set of the post-Let It Die era, as the prankster entertainer gets seriously silly on Soft Power. "Slow Down" is the EZ-listening ballad you'd wish John Tesh played between Air Supply and Christopher Cross, step-up key change and all. "Theme From In-Between" steps in with piano-bar cheek that lets on that this is the man from that "Leisure Suite" four years back, while Ms. Feist herself issues the command on "Let's Ride", a full-on string-laced disco number splitting the difference between Patrice Rushen and The Bee Gees.

Article originally appeared on Soundscapes - 572 College Street Toronto (http://www.soundscapesmusic.com/).