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At first, Clem Snide's arch The Ghost of Fashion sounds like the work of a countrified novelty-song act: There are jokey titles ("Joan Jett of Arc," "Ancient Chinese Secret Blues"), unhinged metaphors ("Tonight I feel like Elvis longing for his long-lost twin") and moments when a nondescript Nashville two-step is enlivened by such pearls of wisdom as "love is only for the lovely." But there's poignance behind the punch lines: Singer-songwriter Eef Barzelay pushes his twisted tales right to the Stephen Malkmus edge of absurdity; just when you start rolling your eyes, he drops in a line like, "The highway is a ribbon, it makes a gift of everything," and sings it like he means it. Almost every track tucks shrewd commentary into gag lines, and when, on the closing waltz, "No One's More Happy Than You," Barzelay sings, "The Stop and Shop is open all night/With a mothering fluorescent light," the not-just-snide genius of Clem Snide becomes clear.

TOM MOON
(RS 872 - July 5, 2001)