Leave it to the [1]Too Beautiful To Live (TBTL) team to get me on to
   [2]Milano by Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts.

   "Pretty Prizes (feat. Karen O)" is [3]Andrew's Music for your Weekend
   pick (around the 60 minute mark). It is a bit like [4]Talking Heads (as
   Andrew and Luke agreed), but I argue it's more [5]Roxy Music (or just
   [6]Bryan Ferry) meets [7]Siouxie and the Banshees (or just [8]Siouxie
   Sioux).

   The album as it is has other moments that speak to me. The opener,
   "Soul and Cigarette", lyrically is reminiscent of [9]Syd Barrett though
   the actual singing lacks Syd's etherial quality. "Talisa (feat. Karen
   O)" has a sixties feel as well, but more as if in the [10]The Italian
   Job.

   Many reviewers think this should have been an EP, and I tend to agree.
   I would take this from nine to five tracks, losing "Mount Napoleon",
   "Memphis Blues Again" (although there is something about the song I
   quite like but cannot pinpoint), and the last two songs. I would not
   mind them letting [11]Karen O lose on "Soul and Cigarette".

   Then again, maybe just let her sing lead on all the songs?

   I read somewhere that this album is supposed to be a page out of 80's
   Italy. Maybe they were in a 60's renaissance?

   (Image: By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use,
   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55666477)
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   My original entry is here: [13]Listening: Pretty Prizes by Daniele
   Luppi & Parquet Courts feat. Karen O. It posted Sat, 29 Sep 2018
   05:27:26 +0000.
   Filed under: culture,

References

   1. https://www.apmpodcasts.org/tbtl/
   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milano_(album)
   3. https://www.apmpodcasts.org/tbtl/2018/09/its-not-a-spray-its-a-powder/
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Music
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Ferry
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_Sioux
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_O
  12. https://twitter.com/prjorgensen/status/1045908866079379457
  13. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2081