10 Doom or Destiny what a zippy, exuberant lead. Sharper than a Q Magazine attending Debbie Harry dress made of sharp things. And those ooohs are like sweat dripping down the middle of one's back. Oooh Debbie, you queen of the underground.
10 Only to be obliterated so casually by the casual Long Time in no time. Harry soothes the wounds of someone who has never been her all their life. Imagine. Oh the thrill, the agony and the in between. It bristles along in the most splendid of world-weary ways. "Even seen you lose it, but who cares?" is one of those connecting lyrics that wins the whole room over - that the whole room is already putty in her hands at the very idea of breathing the same air is besides the point.
09 Already Naked continues their leading start. If that middle 8 isn't a top down/tops off moment I don't know what is. Fade away and radiate - hold the fade out.
08 I do wonder if Fun is part of their Deee-Lite discovery. I did not like this until now. It's running away with my imagination.
08 My Monster is giving me a hit of Cristina's Ticket to the Tropics. My gawd.
08 Best Day Ever love, love, love the rough morning after vocal. I feel like I've just chapped on her door at the wrong time (with the wrong time being anytime before 9pm). I don't have the credits in front of me, but whilst this may not be the winning ticket, the production is really giving us a good ride indeed. "Thank god we met". The useful noise of the instrumental bit has me quite foggy eyed for it.
08 Gravity is it reverb? Oh. Well, on the chorus it's a wonderful nervous overload, but I'd like the full growl and pout for the verses please. The middle-8 is a dizzying racket and have they ever sounded this messily gorgeous?
07 When I Gave Up on You letting some air in. Not quite matching the bold finds of those remarkable opening 2, but it's nice.
08 Love Level No Doubt meets The Neptunes (in a good way, not a solo Gwen way).
10 Too Much is a jackpot. Another lightning bolt of Blondie. That makes 3.
10 Fragments presumably because we're all in pieces after the ordeal of how iconic this whole outing has been. Oh if only they had recorded a video - "fucking prove it" would have been the gif to end all gifs. This was getting a 9, but the gear changes and all those short fast ones from Harry just made me a wreck. I'm dead. 5 minutes in and we're still peaking. Make that 6, we've just got a new ribbon of melody spiralling into oblivion. This is pop rapture. I can't believe I'm still breathing after all that.
Tonight is a nice add-on. Yes, the album is a 9.
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) meaning he is missing the tour, I wonder where they are with the new album? He said he's been writing his memoir and hopefully that box set is still on the cards too.
