I was absolutely smitten with Chris Clark’s 2006 album, Body Riddle. It didn’t grab me immediately, but with time, it grew to be one of my favorite records released that year.
Last year’s Turning Dragon left me a bit cold. The reclusive genius of previous records had become quite the extrovert for a change. Much of the abstraction and complexity of his previous worked had been toned down in favor of more danceable, and dare I say, sunny material.
So, with Totems Flare, I had no clue which way he’d go. Turns out he went both ways at once, and with striking results.