And, for the most part, that’s exactly what it is. With that in mind, Comfort of Strangers, Orton’s new O’Rourke produced album should only be a little more orchestrated, somewhat more lush and ornamental. And Yankee Hotel Foxtrot wasn’t so much weird as it was more open and expansive. After all, his presence on Superchunk and Stereolab records only served to make each band sound prettier. But one shouldn’t be too presumptuous about what O’Rourke might do to a Beth Orton album. After all, this is the guy that has his name on countless experimental ambient and noise records, was once a member of Gastr Del Sol, included obscene pictures of little fat men on his solo albums and played some part in pushing Wilco away from alt-country and into Radiohead-rivaling art rock. In theory, seeing Jim O’Rourke’s producer credit on a pop album should set off some red flags.
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