Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse: Present … Dark Night of the Soul | CD review

(EMI)Long embroiled in legal issues, this unique collaborative project is now a posthumous official release following this year's tragic suicides of both Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, and contributor Vic Chesnutt. With a cast (everyone from David Lynch to Iggy Pop) reading like a fantasy pop group, Gruff Rhys brings trademark wistfulness to the gorgeous Just War, while the Julian Casablancas-sung Little Girl could be a 21st-century Doors. The Flaming Lips capture the album title's mood on the...

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