Byford had his band name back, and the others carried on as Oliver Dawson Saxon, which, appropriately, sounds more like a firm of provincial solicitors than a metal act.
In the title role Wojtek Drabowicz sings with many shades of black and charcoal: he is all shadow, and his furious passion, very appropriately, sounds as if it has more to do with self-loathing than love.
Much of Bruges not only looks as if it has serenely stepped out of the 15th century, there are appropriately resonant sound effects too.
John Davenport's snappy costumes add welcome color, and James Olmstead, the music director, leads an offstage band that delivers an appropriately brassy sound.
It is all brilliantly performed in marvelous Spike Jones high spirits, with bird whistles, a jew's-harp, dulcimer and a string ensemble (with appropriately tasteless sound effects in the lower strings).
1 4 Auditory neuropathy is a distinct form of hearing loss where the outer hair cells function appropriately but sound is not transmitted properly to the brain.
Couillard has been working all year on a video game called Alien Afterlife, which, appropriately enough, sounds like a metaphor for the struggle to effect change.
Mr. Andsnes produces an appropriately crystalline piano sound, but his phrasing is assertive and energetic, qualities the superb ensemble mirrors.
Many bands have stumbled when working with a big-name producer, but Foo Fighters/Pixies man Gil Norton has kept Stornoway's folksy charm intact while making their third album sound appropriately expansive.
Luckily a real musician was also present, playing along with recordings of music by the two Hanks on a theremin, which wails like a slide guitar and is appropriately eerie in sound and operation.
