Clark: Totems Flare Review
I was absolutely smitten with Chris Clark's 2006 album, Body Riddle . It didn't grab me immediately, but with time, it grew to be one of my favorite records released that year. Last year's Turning Dragon left me a bit cold. The reclusive genius of previous records had become quite the extrovert for a change. Much of the abstraction and complexity of his previous worked had been toned down in favor of more danceable, and dare I say, sunny material. So, with Totems Flare , I had no clue which way he'd go. Turns out he went both ways at once, and with striking results.