Comicopera

Comicopera, released in 2007, is a late-career album by Robert Wyatt that blends art rock, jazz, ambient and electronic elements. Wyatt's fragile, conversational vocals sit against varied arrangements ranging from intimate piano and brass to subtle electronic textures, with contributions from longtime collaborators and jazz musicians. The material mixes concise songs and longer, unfolding pieces that move between melodic warmth and off-kilter experimentation, often addressing personal and political subjects with wry lyricism. The album is notable for continuing Wyatt's boundary-crossing approach to songcraft and arrangement in his later work.