Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me

Review by Alexander Tudor

To launch DiS ♥ Rough Trade Week Mr. Tudor reviews Arthur Russell, the man who made tremendously unlikely music. A quarter-century ago he was making cello-led disco(?!) and earned himself a reputation as a great unknown in his lifetime, and now we have a handful of fully realized albums that don’t need any elegies to justify discovering them. Plus, we have this compilation of Alt. Country songs and other experiments recorded on the side that’s pretty darn fun.»