Bent

Bent's downtempo tunes drift as warmly as a Hawaiian breeze, with lyrics that make the heart quiver: "Beautiful otherness/love you because of this/lost in the loveliness/of your beautiful otherness." Soft and sublime, The Everlasting Blink will envelop you in a gorgeous blizzard of feathers. Swoon.

Sounding like a less arty version of French electronica gurus Air, England's Bent traffic in
meditative soundscapes, most of which are shapeless enough to risk drifting off into the
ether. But the songs here are warm and at least emotionally direct -- sad, wistful and plenty
pretty. CHRISTIAN HOARD (RS 933, October 16, 2003)