REVIEW : Let's Just Be - Spin

Call Him Sensitive And He'll Punch You In The Face

by Jon Young 

Note : 2,5 / 4

Mixing his usual dark introspection with newfound animal brutality, Arthur's latest is a sweaty, first-take orgy that sometimes suggests Tom Waits fronting the Stones, only clumsier. Sleazy puke-stained rockers like "Good Life" and "Cocaine Feet" are nasty fun; elsewhere, the grating falsetto of "Shake It Off" makes a poor advertisement for primal scream therapy. Arthur's aggressive, self-indulgence reveals its limitations on the 20-minute "Lonely Astronaut," an unbearable eruption of guitar noise and deranged chanting.