CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)

By Nick Deriso Crowded House, beginning with their engaging breakthrough 1987 hit "Don't Dream It's Over," were shot through with a complexity, and a melancholy, that belied their own supposed goals of becoming pop stars. Yet, in the wake of the 2005 suicide of drummer and co-founder Paul Hester, never have they had so much to be melancholy and complex about. That leads to a purpled, impressionistic sentiment on "Intriguer," only Crowded House's second release since Hester's passing...

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