The Village Voice, September 18th, 2002
MUSIC
The Lake, It Is Said, Never Gives Up Her Dead
HUNG WITH GUITAR STRING
BECK
Sea Change
Geffen/Interscope
A sea change, the dictionary says, is a "notable or unexpected transformation." History's best-known sea change is described in song by the captive sprite Ariel in The Tempest, who gives the term connotations of death by drowning and calcification. It isn't clear that 32-year-old Beck Hansen had her elegy in mind when he titled his fifth majorlabel release Sea Change, but it sure fits. Dude, those are so pearls that were his eyes. While one of Beck's strengths is his ability to t...
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