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Long Distance
After years of postmodern pop posturing from dozens of would-be Portisheads and Bjorks, it's something more than a relief to see Ivy's third album, Long Distance, get a U.S. release. The New York-based trio's languid but richly emotional meld of trip-hop, classic French-pop touches (singer Dominique Durand is a Paris native), and indie adventurousness shine here, even while displaying the outfit's deepest melancholic vibe. Few singer-songwriters could put across a sentiment like that of "Disappointed"--Durand explains that she's bound to leave a guy--without coming off defensive or taunting. "While We're in Love" offers a similarly bleak, if enticing, future. Long Distance never burrows so far into its own melancholy as to render the effect merely selfish or cold; even if your situation is hunky-dory, you'll be hard pressed not to revel in the subtle empathy of these numbers. The sole nonoriginal, the Blow Monkeys' 1986 single "Digging Your Scene," demonstrates Ivy's ability to render a late-summer dayscape replete with slowly pushed merry-go-round and intimation of oncoming loss, all with a wink. --Rickey Wright
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Tracks| 1 | Undertow | | 2 | Disappointed | | 3 | Edge Of The Ocean | | 4 | Blame It On Yourself | | 5 | While We're In Love | | 6 | Lucy Doesn't Love You | | 7 | Worry About You | | 8 | Let's Stay Inside | | 9 | Midnight Sun | | 10 | I Think Of You | | 11 | Hideaway | | 12 | One More Last Kiss | | 13 | Digging Your Scene |
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