by Ned RaggettRecorded from the mid- to late-'90s, Sleep Now Forever finds the duo of Rose McDowall and Robert Lee in fine creative health. Starting with the flowing a cappella overdubs that begin Soldier, McDowall's still wondrous voice acting as melody and as texture, Sleep Now Forever is neither simply acid-folk contemplation nor modern pop record but something entrancing, in its own universe. (That it missed out on the attention that the 'New Weird America' pseudo-scene gave to such music in later years is an unfortunate accident of timing.) The sense of hooks that McDowall showed herself to be a queen of in earlier years has hardly left, even if delivered at slower paces, while her voice seems to have gained in richness, while Lee's understated … » Read more