Due to his drowning on May 29, 1997, the follow-up to Jeff Buckley's impressive debut Grace was never finished. The first CD of the double album Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk contains recordings made during sessions with his band and producer Tom Verlaine. A number of songs sound a bit ordinary compared to Grace, but in Everybody Here Wants You, Yard Of Blonde Girls and the intense You &
I we hear Buckley at his best. The second disc consists for the most part of four-track recordings that Buckley made himself and which were the starting point for sessions with Grace producer Andy Wallace. His more 'crazy' side comes to the fore. In songs, especially influenced by Sonic Youth, he is looking for new forms for his music. (WvdZ)more
