...since it was at your wedding. CD review from Playback STL:
Luna: Rendezvous (Jetset Records)
Once at a friend’s wedding, I was spun round the dance floor to the rapturous strains of Luna’s take on “Sweet Child o’ Mine.” Any band that can make that song its own is doing something right.
On Rendezvous, Dean Wareham and friends show off everything they do right. They create an atmosphere of space-age intimacy by matching shimmering guitar noises with murmured vocals. The lyrics are sometimes a step above nonsense, sometimes not—with the occasional clever wordplay, like a reference not to Chairman Mao but to “Chairman Mouse.” But the lyrics aren’t the point. The Lou Reed–y delivery lets the words slide by, just a minor element of the experience; they are backup vocals. The guitars are singing lead with chimes, swoops, dives, chugs, and tremolo—often all in the same song.
“Malibu Love Nest” is the poppiest and most memorable track, but don’t listen too carefully or you will be disappointed with the silliness of the lyrics. The loveliest noises are to be found in “Star-Spangled Man.” This song may well expand your sense of the cosmos.
Word on the street is that this is the final Luna album. More’s the pity, but the band have had a good run for anyone in the “critically acclaimed” column of the ledger—a dozen years, eight, albums, several EPs. You might want to keep an eye on their touring schedule on their official site, www.fuzzywuzzy.com. Catch them while you can.