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Sound check Pop diversitySmart sounds on classy new releases Da Endorphine
This album doesn�t just contain love songs. Tracks like �Wan Mai (New Day)� and �She Wit Nee Sun Ja Tai (Life is Short)� feature thoughtful lyrics that give hope to listeners. Both of those songs have a good rhythm to complement the sentiments of the words. The music on Sound About has a softer feel compared with her previous records. The album features more ballads and slow tempo songs, but Da still keeps up her usual high quality and style. She�s definitely still unique enough to keep her place as one of the most popular female rockers in Thailand. � VH Cynthia�s Vacation
So many albums these days seem to feature songs that all sound the same, but Closer has a great variety of styles and a nice mix of different male and female singers. Even with that diversity, it hangs together well as a cohesive record. �Sun in You� kicks off the album with an energetic blast of sunny power-pop, while �Be Yours� has a pretty melody and an acoustic, almost bossa nova feel. �Megumi (Part 2)� is a great slice of guitar-drone pop and �Princess�s Love Song� has a soulful sound that wouldn�t be out of place on a Pizzicato Five album. The record also has some nice experimental touches, like the short instrumental �Megumi (Reprise)� and the electro-minimalism of �Loving ... Please Wait (Surreal Space).� The album ends nicely with what sounds like a cassette recording of the pretty �Sliding Door.� One of the great things about Closer is the packaging, which features a beautiful fold out cover, a photo to go with each song and a fold-out map of the London metro. Closer is a great effort from Cynthia�s Vacation. It has a good mix of styles and a nice balance between the experimental and accessible. � BE Morrissey
Morrissey has probably released as many compilations as he has original albums, and Greatest Hits is again a solo career retrospective. This one spans the years from 1988 to the present day and features many classic singles such as �Every Day is Like Sunday,� �The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get,� and �The Youngest Was the Most Loved.� Greatest Hits also has the additional appeal of two brand new songs. Although it stretches from Morrissey�s debut solo single �Suedehead,� up to the new tracks, this compilation still feels a bit incomplete. The problem is that Greatest Hits contains too many singles from his last two records � more than half of this collection is compromised of songs from those albums, causing some real classics to be unfairly omitted. There isn�t enough variation here to make this the best Morrissey compilation on the market. For better Morrissey collections, look for Suedehead (1997) or The Best of Morrissey (2001) instead. � TB
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Sound About is the fourth album from Da Endorphine.
The first single from the record, �Dai Yin Mai (Can You Hear Me)� is
already doing well on the charts. It�s a good rock ballad with a nice melody to
showcase Da�s unique and powerful voice � a voice that fans can always
recognise. 
Closer is the first full-length album from the young
Chiang Mai based indie collective Cynthia�s Vacation. The songs on Closer
seem to be mainly inspired by �90s indie power-pop mixed with some tasty
electro sounds.
His former cult rock group The Smiths may have collapsed
back in the �80s, but Morrissey is still one of the most popular English
artists in music world. He has released 11 albums as a solo singer over the
past two decades, establishing himself as one of the UK�s greatest poetic and
musical talents.
