Few careers are as strange as Scott Walker's. The American is getting more experimental every year and since he is almost seventy, that is saying something. As a member of The Walker Brothers, he sang fun pop music for teenagers and when he went solo towards the end of the 1960s, his repertoire consisted of Broadway hits and Jacques Brel covers. From a popular crooner in the eighties he developed
… into an avant-garde artist who seldom made himself heard. After Climate Of The Hunter (1984) it took eleven years until Tilt (1995) broke the silence. Eleven years later it was time for The Drift (2006), in the eyes of Muziekweb a cult album to cherish or loathe. Perhaps Walker likes to give his listeners time to appreciate his unfathomable albums. They have a hard time with Bish Bosch again. Walker provides dark industrial sounds with poetic vocal lines that don't seem to match the music. He also refuses to pour his 'songs' into traditional song structures. It will take a few years before the penny drops. If it falls at all. (JE)more
