Moody, sexy, delirious, sultry, inventive, dark but not heavy handed, very fun! John cage and Jerry Lee lewis got it with Joni Mitchell and Captain Beef Heart and had a test tube baby. I don't even no what I mean by that!? But, I love the record! Great energy through out even though the instrumentation is often sparse!  Nothing sounds quite like this record! It is a good one-of-a-kind sound! Love it!
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If you have a love for sound and music, you'll love "Three Rooms".  In "Three Rooms",  sonic and musical elements that were discovered or constructed by Carlton Wilkinson have been placed judiciously,  and moment-by-moment, within a framework of musical components that ultimately constitutes nine different songs.  Those musical components include his own along with some that are influenced by a pop music lexicon pioneered by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and other bands known for breaking new ground in the language of recorded pop music.  But, what's exciting to me is that all of those musical components are elemental. In other words,  Mr. Wilkinson clearly understands the fundamental constructs of that language:  its tiniest units; what we might consider to be its phonemes and syllables.  And, in pulling them together, he has created an overall work that is unique, expressive, and entirely his own.
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