Gotye

Add Date: November 29 

Artist: Gotye 

Album: Making Mirrors 

Label: Universal 

Genre: Alternative, rock 

Comments: In Making Mirrors Gotye (pronounced "GOE-ti-yeah"), or Australian Walter De Backer, actually makes an album evoking the constant change, illusion and confusion in a mirror house. Just when the album gets going and you think you're in for an alt-rock sound, Gotye throws in some '80s pop. And just when you get used to that, Gotye switches to blues and soul. While this could be executed poorly by a lesser man, Gotye's earnestness and conviction in his sound unites the album, so that instead of sounding disjointed and inaccessible, Making Mirrors proves highly intriguing and a lesson in the connectedness of all music types. Start with "Eyes Wide Open".