A soft, sexy album that can raise a smile on any embittered face
"There are worlds out there beyond compare." Sings Daisy Martey on 'Wonders Never Cease', but in this small world of our own there is a group called Morcheeba who have produced a wonder for all… 'The Antidote' is the stunningly swish and refreshingly stylish new album from the legendary Morcheeba, it's cool and smooth and groovy-doobie-doo.
The soul-lifting vocals of Martey matched up with the production genius of the Godfrey brothers creates a superb recording of 10 brilliant pieces of music that seduce, supply and satisfy you for the three quarters of an hour of it's playback time. This is pure sex, light and airy, soft and supple, with lingering and lilting melodies and spirit-wrenching vocal accompaniment- gorgeous.
'Ten Men' rolls into one brilliant little song emanating carnal wisdom and instinctual beauty. There's a modernity to this music that's really saying something about the era and time, or defining, even shaping this time that is big fat Now and that's what's really currently lacking in pop music, but enough of all that for the moment…
'Everybody Loves a Loser' sends a soft arrow into your heart and cuddles all over your body, just like the truly sensual 'Lighten Up' that appears later on. This album is full of nice music that's reassuringly pleasant to hear, it evokes relaxation and easy contemplation and cascades in a constant waterfall of euphony over the ears.
With Rob Mullender appearing on 'Like a Military Coup' as well as 'Antidote', there's a variety and mixture that unites gender, brining together these two ancient components in the collaborative creation of a beautiful new-born opus of subtle surrendering and defiance all in one.
'People Carrier' and 'Living Hell' bring the noise in a bit more and stretches those vocal and instrumental chords all the way to a blinding point in their unlimited potential. This is sunshine summer, happy and glorious, praising music that comes alive on it's own and invites listeners to otherworldly partying. Worthy of praise and congratulation, 'The Antidote' has all an album of its sort needs to invigorate the soulless to smile a big toothy life-loving grin, whoop it up.
So, 'The Antidote' rockets to a finish with 'Antidote' swinging in and out in a ball of shining serenity. 'God Bless and Goodbye' then takes it through to a close with a big beat, luscious piano and guitar and a vocal track very hard to parallel. A very neat little album the Godfrey brothers, Daisy Martey and many skilled and talented collaborators have made here. Cross-melding genres from jazz and blues-riffing with lounge sound, it's a great record worthy of your CD collection.