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09-May-2009  »  My review: Pagan Wanderer Lu — Fight My Battles For Me

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Link to the left is to an MP3 version of the album.

This is extremely overdue, not least because I've had this album since shortly after finding out about its release in... ooh, January? I've listened to it quite a bit since then, and as a quick capsule review: this is witty and often ascerbic lyrical goodness with increasingly pop sensibilities. It contains a track I'd been waiting for a good recording of for ages, but also lots of other gems that make this far from a one-special-song wonder. And since the author has been delivering lots of videos, live recordings and fluff to get the word out via http://paganwandererlu.wordpress.com/ you should bimble along and listen to some stuff right away. Until vids for (You & Me and) Winston Churchill, The Memorial Hall and Simple Life/Repetition 4 go up, I'd most recommend 2.0///The Bridge of Sighs and The Gentlemen's Game.

Pagan Wanderer Lu can be a bit hit-and-miss for me. I have the earlier "pro" release The Independent Scrutineer, which offers slightly different takes on a couple of demos I downloaded way back in time and liked... but I'm not actually sure what I did with the disc, and haven't been that motivated to find it. That EP has a lot of contrast between the poppier numbers and quiet songs, and doesn't work especially well as a general listen. Fight My Battles For Me still has a few quieter or less catchy numbers, but they're the first track and some of the later ones... there's a meaty block in the middle that rewards listening in sequence.

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