Rarely does an original idea crop up in modern music, and even less frequently does a good one come along. Yet originality still counts for a quite a bit, or at the very least, the arrangement of previously ungrouped elements earns points.
Broadcast is also on target.
With the sad detachment of Portishead and the eerie ambience of Pram, Broadcast joined the small circuit of anti-Britpoppers making a scene in Britain. Work and Non Work was a trippy, ghoulish album, complete with haunted harpsichord and more distortion than a train wreck. However, the most notable presence on the disc was that of Trish Keenan, the sole vocalist, who embodied the mystique of '60s lounge-pop singers like Astrud Gilberto and Nancy Sinatra. She added a purposeful, cool feel to the band's sound. Unfortunately, the group's first official full-length, The Noise Made by People , doesn't quite fulfill the great promise of the previous singles or the high expectations after waiting four years for its arrival.