Globo – 'This Nation's Saving Grace' review
When the Dirty Projectors covered Black Flag’s Damaged last year, they drew only from their childhood memories of the album, recorded a great deal of it live and changed the title and running order. By contrast, Globo’s vaguely electronica-hued interpretation of This Nation’s Saving Grace, the album frequently cited as The Fall’s high watermark, is devoid of any new perspective – it is largely the same notes, in the same order, faithfully performed on different instruments.
The result is a good record – and so it should be, given the classic source material. But with so little of Globo’s own personality stamped on this so-called “reinterpretation”, one is left wondering quite what the point is, beyond satisfying a fanboy wet dream. While admittedly it doesn’t sound much like The Fall, it certainly sounds like a band covering them, and there are currently plenty of others doing just that with far greater individuality.
5/10
