David Byrne’s first true solo album in 14 years is daring and open-hearted. The risks Byrne takes on these songs, however, too often feel clumsy or gaudy. American Utopia is the eleventh solo studio album by American rock musician David Byrne. ‘American Utopia’ isn’t a sarcastic title for the former Talking Heads man’s first solo album in 14 years. It neither points and laughs at the present mess, nor claims to map the future. Instead, in its own abstract way, it confronts the big questions, everything from ‘How did we get into this mess?’ to ‘Can we start over?’. If that sounds about as fun as Peston On Sunday, it never wallows in those quandaries because, well, it’s a David Byrne album. Which is to say: it’s melodic, goofy and very quirky.
>Shiuly Rina
David Byrne- 'American Utopia'
