In his seemingly narrow range, Wyatt expresses such feeling
The voice wavers, falters, but somehow never leaves the song.
Yet in his seemingly narrow range, Wyatt expresses such feeling. Even this double-disc compilation doesn’t cover the whole story of a 40+ year career. As drummer with the psychedelic Soft Machine, he developed his own mix of jazz, folk and a dozen other influences, resulting in some utterly idiosyncratic, but often soaring, music. His definitive version of Elvis Costello’s Falklands lament Shipbuilding is still extraordinary, while collaborations – from Pink Floyd to Bjork to Hot Chip – explain his regard across a broad spectrum of fellow artists.