Fierce
Kate Bush fans who are expecting revelation in
Aerial, her first new work since
The Red Shoes in 1993, will no doubt scour lyrics, instrumental trills, and interludes until they find them. For everyone else, those who purchased much of
Bush's earlier catalog because of its depth, quality, and vision,
Aerial will sound exactly like what it is, a new
Kate Bush record: full of her obsessions, lushly romantic paeans to things mundane and cosmic, and her ability to add dimension and transfer emotion though song. The set is spread over two discs. The first, A Sea of Honey, is a collection of songs, arranged for everything from full-on rock band to solo piano. The second, A Sky of Honey, is a conceptual suite. It was produced by
Bush with engineering and mixing by longtime collaborator
Del Palmer.