(RAF)Few side projects turn out as well as Cat’s Eyes,a bit of extracurricular fun for Horrors frontman Faris Badwan and Italian-Canadian soprano Rachel Zeffira, which has so far delivered two swooningly lovely records and a pair of guerrilla gigs in the Vatican and Buckingham Palace. The musical chemistry is undiminished on their third album where a languid kind of heartache holds sway. Their vocals drift over lush orchestral arrangements and twine elegantly on the stately sadness of We’ll Be Waiting. But it’s not all lovesick pining and velvety strings. There’s spiky, or handclap-assisted pop on Be Careful Where You ParkYour Car,and a terrific blend of distorted garage rock and blissed-out psychedelia on Standoff.
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Source: theguardian.com