Album Review - Alejandro Escovedo - The Boxing Mirror
John Metzger
In the five years that have passed since he released his career-defining
outing A Man under the Influence, Alejandro Escovedo defied death, lost
his father, found sobriety, got married, and started a family. Not
surprisingly, all of these experiences permeate The Boxing Mirror and
fill it with conflict. The problem, however, is that Escovedo tried to
distill the essence of these pivotal moments into a single endeavor, and
although his attempt is valiantly ambitious (and almost succeeds), the
collection's thematic arc can't help but to feel somewhat jumbled and
disjointed. Even so, many of The Boxing Mirror's songs -- from the
elegantly mournful Evita's Lullaby to the unnerving spasms of Deerhead
on the Wall -- rank among his very best.
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