Stunning Models on
2006
Quiet State Of Panic
About This Album
Singer/songwriter's albums walk a fine line: throw in too much instrumentation and one runs the risk of sounding like a show-off, or raise the question, why not just form or rejoin a band?. Throw in too little and you end up sounding sparse and weedy. With A Quiet State of Panic, his second full-length album, Paul Michel has found the perfect balance, accentuating his solo status while simultaneously creating a set filled with glittering atmospheres. Bringing in a drummer, as well as a cellist for two tracks, Panic revolves around Michel's fabulous guitars, layers and layers of them, strumming, chiming, and riffing across the grooves. The fabulous production is clean enough to allow listeners to pick each one out, but dense enough to add glamour, elegance, and majesty as required to the numbers. Those familiar with Michel's work already know his influences are diverse, but that point is furthered here with extreme subtlety. The otherwise lush and brooding, cello-laced "Alone All Day," has a sliver of metal within, "Expire" hints at jazz, "The Ways and Means" nods to the Rolling Stones, "Ghost" to the Cure, and "Pianos, Silence and Bricks" to U2.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 and 9)

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