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Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (Polydor)
UK release date: 9 April 2007
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

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With his now trademark jumble-sale ware and orphan-in-a-toy-shop image, Patrick Wolf cuts an outlandish figure at the head of UK alternative music, the likes of which we've not seen in a while. Like Bowie at his best, Wolf's music is not a pale imitation of the projected character, but actually sounds like it comes from a phantasmagorical figure, ebbing as it does with unlikely melody and teeming with genuine quirks.

The Magic Position jumps with fun; Wolf leading it on a fast march through the annuls of pop time with a story of passion to die for. The recent LP is a work of solo heroism to resurrect your passion for the one-man band, and it's intriguing to watch Wolf increasingly seep into mainstream realms.

B-side The Marriage is another inspired cut out of his surrealist DIY workshop, pouting and writhing with androgynous, ambiguous glamour, and as it squelches to a violent stop you're left with its ode to sensuality etched firmly in your mind. Encapsulating the "Magic of Pop", Wolf's ouvre is fascinating and fantastic.


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