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标题：A flair for Flare
作者：Lawrence Ferber
期刊名称：The Advocate
电子版ISSN：1832-9373
出版年度：2005
卷号：August 30, 2005
出版社：Office of the Employment Advocate

A flair for Flare

Lawrence Ferber

A flair for Flare Circa+ * Flare * Mother West

Call it a Flare-up. After years of scarceness, several albums by Flare, a chamber-pop-with-a-shoegazer-twist outfit, have been refit and rereleased-including 2000's Circa, newly souped-up with four rare or unreleased bonus tracks as Circa+. Gay front man LD Beghtol (also of Moth Wranglers and the upcoming LD & the New Criticism) cushions his haunting crooning within superlush, ornate arrangements of strings, piano, and instrumental eclectica. The beauteous title track verges on epic, while a stunning cover of Kid Montana's "Anywhere (Like the Moon)" brings to mind the 4AD label's otherworldly roster (particularly This Mortal Coil). Speaking of which, the bonus tracks include a Lisa Germano cover, "Lovesick," which edges into expressionistic creepiness, and the swirling closer, "Some Words on Parting."