It's not exactly news to observe that mid-sixties kitsch has been undergoing a bit of a revival lately. You can blame Austin Powers if you like, but here's the pseudonymous David Candy, Ian Svenonius's take on the trend. The difference, I suppose, is that Candy is more overtly a creep: the new-age psychotherapist stalker vibe of his introductory narrative, "Incomprehensibly Yours," should make that clear, as do Svenonius's references to various will-to-power sixties film characters in the CD's promotional materials. Gee, you don't suppose he's ever heard of a little album called Tommy, do you? What about the music, you say? That's the problem: this whole package seems so tied up in image that the music seems nearly an afterthought. The opening track is a cool pseudo-sixties movie theme, all bongos and discordant brass hits, and the loopy narratives of "Diary of a Genius" and "Redfuchsiatamborine&gravel" are diverting, but the mix of woozy jet-set lounge and psychedelia that fills the CD are rather tired and done much better elsewhere. And that's the chief problem here: David Candy doesn't seem to say much (unless it's an elaborate and meta-textual commentary on trendhopping...but then, why buy the CD?), and he doesn't seem to be sincerely impassioned in his love of this music, so its ultimate effect is rather blank.

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