Review: Adem - Takes

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Cover albums are generally divisive little creatures. Folks have a tendency to feel very possessive of their favourite songs and are very seldom tickled when some upstart mucks about with them. On his third solo album, following last years surprise reconvening of Fridge for a new group effort, Adem Ilhan disguises the upstart yoke by wrapping it under his own colourful scarf of fandom. There is no hiding that Oh My Lover is a P.J. Harvey song, or that Loro is by Pinback or Starla from Smashing Pumpkins. Adem preserves the itchy energy of the former, the rich skipping melody...

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