The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, according to the back flap, is the “basis for an album that  Malzieu wrote.” I’d like to hear the album because I’m thinking his source material may have been better served in that medium… the core image — the boy with a cuckoo-clock heart — is a wonderfully inventive and compelling one, but the execution of story beyond image and premise falls short of their promise. I plan to check out the album, though; I can see Malzieu’s imagery and impressionistic sense working much better in music stripped of the need for straight narrative… Read the rest.