Drew Daniel

One of my favorite musicians writing about my all time favorite musicians. Though I can't not love it, Daniel mostly refrains from fan boy gushing, delivering a treatment that is both thought provoking and insightful. TG's work is dense. Daniel deftly untangles the knot that is one of their most contradictory documents. Never is his criticism pompous and convoluted. Nor is he afraid to confront TG's false premises head on and point out the group's occasional disingenuousness and conceptual failures. He offers thorough formal analysis of work that often dismissed as garbage. TG were musicians! Who knew? He also has deep understanding of the thematic intentions (and implications) of the "band's" art. This much hyped musical troupe deserves more critical approaches as fruitful as this.… (mere)