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The fourth No-Man album proper shows that the duo doesn't simply continue its quality into another decade, but continues its bent for exploration. If not focused on beats and loops this time around, in terms of taking the signifiers of "mature" music -- string accompaniment, delicacy, understatement, and more -- and giving them life and real meaning, No-Man hits another indisputable high with Returning Jesus. Tim Bowness' voice is still a seductive, encompassing flow of words and emotion, while...   [ read more ]

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Things were better honed for No-Man on Flowermouth, released a year after the band's debut. Minus Ben Coleman (although you'd never guess because he appears on seven of nine tracks), Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson were aided by Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Steve Jansen, and Richard Barbieri (who recorded the excellent set Flame with Bowness in the same year). Beginning with the epic "Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap," which is almost ten minutes on the original and longer ...   [ read more ]

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