Album Review: Laurie Anderson – ‘Homeland’ (Nonesuch)

Pretentiousness that induces stultifying boredom

Laurie Anderson is a ‘cult’ artist, but even she will require the manipulative powers of L Ron Hubbard squared to convince listeners that ‘Homeland’, her seventh album, is anything but incomprehensible gubbins. It features Tuvan throat singers, anaemic electronic vocals, and (obvs) Antony Hegarty, with ‘Another Day In America’ being a huge lowlight in its 11 minutes of drag-voiced drivel about punctuation and search engines. Dull types will proclaim it an inspired look at the chaos of life, claiming NME doesn’t ‘get’ art this profound. However ‘Homeland’’s greatest crime isn’t being flabbergastingly pretentious, but that it induces stultifying boredom.

Laura Snapes

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