![]() It seems a career spent in such indulgence can't just be streamlined overnight, because although Empire tries mightily, they collapse underneath too many ideas before the record is even half over. This delusion of grandeur manifesests itself on Walking's ridiculous cover, the epic spawn of Star Wars and "Zoobilee Zoo" raised straight out of promo poster hell. He's the guy on the cover of the Sleepy Jackson's last record Personality as the bare-chested angel perched atop an Arctic ice field, austerely bearing in his arms the fetal, bare-chested figure of… himself. Luke Steele still effortlessly reminds everyone within earshot that he's really into himself. Of course, let's not forget who we're talking about here. Some cuts might even give rise to such simplistic fits of impulse as dancing. The addition of a co-composer has helped forge a bit of an uneasy truce in his frenzied psyche. ![]() Steele may be his own worst enemy, his finger always poised at the ready on the overdub button at the chance of adding jangle to his overwrought jangle-pop. ![]() Littlemore has evidently cleared a path for his partner, cutting through the relentless elaborations that adorned and perhaps encumbered the two Sleepy Jackson records. The title track, with its clubby beat and falsetto hook, seems like the kind of hit Steele has always wanted to write, but here he's found the right editor.
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