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Review: Lounge singer Richard Cheese presents his 28th studio album and it is a heartfelt collection of melancholy saloon ballads styled after classic Frank Sinatra Capitol Records concept albums. Featuring 12 newly recorded tracks for 2024, the album pairs Cheese's sincere vocals with rich orchestrations and wistful piano and super covers along the way including Radiohead's 'Lucky,' The Offspring's 'Self Esteem,' R.E.M.'s 'South Central Rain,' Harry Styles' 'As It Was' and Lana Del Rey's 'The Greatest.' It makes for a record full of soulful, nostalgic interpretations.

Review: Richard Cheese is a lounge music legend. He has various trademarks such as his tiger-striped tuxedo and his enormous microphone, as wells his snappy jazz trio. They make for mix of music and martini vibes and back in 200 they dropped their debut album Lounge Against The Machine, wittingly named in reference to iconic rockers Rage Against The Machine. The album is now reissued and features original "early" versions of some favourite Cheese songs, all of which were later re-recorded with a real live big band feel but here retain a more real and raw edge.