Invisible Man

The leader/vocalist of American Music Club returns with his first new solo recording in over three years, a record as broad in its dramatic range as any in his dazzling career. That said, "The Invisible Man" is a stark, sonic departure for Eitzel; while he hasn't gone all computer crazy on us, this is an inventive, unusual recording, even by Mark's standards --- this is an album that takes over the room like none other we've heard this year.

Acclaimed way back in 1991 as Rolling Stone's "Songwriter Of the Year," Eitzel's post-AMC ride has been a bumpy one, but we'll be damned if he hasn't landed on his feet (not surprising seeing as we refused to buy him a parachute). "The Invisible Man" is not merely evocative, haunting and chillingly direct, but it is also (hang on) the most entertaining and witty album in Mark's splendid oeuvre.