Consumer Guide Album

Anna Domino: East and West [Les Disques du Crépuscle, 1984]
Fans of femme folk-new wave--Raincoats, Young Marble Giants, etc.--should check out this EP even though the artist floats her lyricism in a gentle electronic wash and doesn't appear to hail from Britannia. Me, I'm a fan of early Tom Tom Club, Velvets-era Nico, and Maureen Tucker singing "Afterhours." Hypnotic with no cosmic aspirations, she could be labeled spaced out, but in a dreamy, nicely sophisticated way. Composer of best song: Aretha Franklin. A−