Kelley Polar, Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens - 43m 25s

Tracks & Durations

1. Cosmological Constrancy	3:00
2. Here In The Night	4:17
3. Tyurangalila	4:44
4. My Beauty in the Moon	5:06
5. Vocalise (From Here to Polarity)	3:54
6. Ashamed of Myself	4:53
7. The Rooms in my House Have Many Parties	3:50
8. Matter Into Entergy	4:04
9. Black Hole	4:49
10. In Time	4:40

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Review

Imagine Kraftwerk in a pastoral mood (dressed in pastels rather than primary colors). Or a soft-psych group like the Association or Free Design gone electronic. It would seem that Croatian-born polymath Kelley Polar has done just that. Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens, his full-length debut following a series of 12-inch singles, is the work of a classically trained musician with a disco jones. Best known for his arrangements for Metro Area, Polar combines strings with synths, hand claps, mechanized beats, soft-rock vocals, and the occasional heavenly robot choir ("Cosmological Constancy," "Matter Into Energy"). The end result is more effervescent than the dark-hued title and cover art might suggest. Remember Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out," Yello's "Oh Yeah," or even Can's leftfield dance hit "I Want More"? With production assistance from Morgan Geist (Metro Area, Environ Records), Polar captures some of that playful magic on Love Songs, but without succumbing to nostalgia for a bygone era. In its tastefulness and restraint (Polar's androgynous vocals barely rise above a whisper), the individual tracks aren't necessarily as memorable as they could be, but the album as a whole sure goes down easy. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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