Beth Gibbons takes a break from her Portishead duties to team up with former Talk Talk man Paul Webb (alias Rustin Man) to make what will surely become one of the albums of 2002. 'Out Of Season' is a beautiful album, in equal parts melancholic, inspiring, dark and heart rendering. Largely acoustic and tinged with romanticism, 'Out Of Season' is another reminder that Beth Gibbons possesses one of the greatest and most evocative voices of our generation."

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Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man release a single - the lovely 'Tom The Model'. xtra tracks include live cuts from their show at Paris L'Olympia, where they played the Les Inrockuptibles festival with David Lynch's band - and a CD rom of the video, which is great.

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Out of Season plays to Beth Gibbons' strengths as a vocalist and songwriter more than anything released prior by Portishead. On both Dummy and Portishead, her pained, worn, resilient voice was often made to sound as if it was as much an artifact as the Isaac Hayes and Lalo Schifrin samples. That voice of hers was perfectly suited for the backing provided by her bandmates, but more than a few wondered if it would sound even more perfect -- or in a better setting, naked and completely ce...   [ read more ]

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