In Brief

By LORRAINE ALI

Aug. 22, 1993 12 AM PT

* * * Verve, “A Storm in Heaven,” Vernon Yard/Virgin. Verve is yet another British band with pouty lips playing trancy tunes, but this debut album makes its mark regardless. Singer Richard Ashcroft’s whimsical, occasionally soul-wrenching vocals breeze in and out of delicate guitar interludes and hallucinatory washes of tumbling melody. Verve’s “Storm” is a warm, inviting chill-out.

New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent).

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Lorraine Ali

Lorraine Ali is news and culture critic of the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was television critic for The Times covering media, breaking news and the onslaught of content across streaming, cable and network TV. Ali is an award-winning journalist and Los Angeles native who has written in publications ranging from the New York Times to Rolling Stone and GQ. She was formerly senior writer for The Times’ Calendar section where she covered entertainment, culture, and American Arab and Muslim issues. Ali started at The Times in 2011 as music editor after leaving her post as a senior writer and music critic at Newsweek Magazine.

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