Review: Tom Verlaine / Songs & Other Things
Fourteen years without new Tom Verlaine material is too long! But your patience has been rewarded with former Television-man releasing two excellent albums on the same day. Joy! Where Around explores Verliane’s ethereal, instrumental side, Songs and Other Things revels in his love of idiosyncratic pop. By turns poetic, impressionistic and melodic — the disc aptly demonstrates what I’ve always maintained — Verlaine is one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greats. Oh yeah, and there’s some really tasty guitar playing all over the place as well.