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NR. TRACKNAME TiME ??????
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? ?????? 1 The English Riviera 0:37 ?????? ?
? ?????? 2 We Broke Free 4:05 ?????? ?
? ?????? 3 Everything Goes My Way 3:30 ?????? ?
? ?????? 4 The Look 4:37 ?????? ?
? ?????? 5 She Wants 3:51 ?????? ?
? ?????? 6 Trouble 4:46 ?????? ?
? ?????? 7 The Bay 4:50 ?????? ?
? ?????? 8 Loving Arm 3:31 ?????? ?
? ?????? 9 Corinne 3:16 ?????? ?
? ?????? 10 Some Written 6:03 ?????? ?
? ?????? 11 Love Underlined 5:58 ?????? ?
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???????? TOTAL TiME: 45:04 MIN ??????
?????????? TOTAL SIZE: 83.67 MB????????
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RELEASE NOTESÂ?????????
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??????????? Previously a nu-rave trio in the mould of ???????????
??????????? Klaxons, Metronomy, the brainchild of Joseph ???????????
??????????? Mount, have changed tact for their third studio ???????????
??????????? album, The English Riviera, following the ???????????
??????????? departure of original member Gabriel Stebbing ???????????
??????????? three years earlier. Having permanently recruited ???????????
??????????? the talents of bassist Gbenga Adelekan and former ???????????
??????????? Lightspeed Champion drummer Anna Prior, the ???????????
??????????? follow-up to 2008's Nights Out, abandons their ???????????
??????????? indie-disco sensibilities in favor of a more ???????????
??????????? laid-back but equally idiosyncratic, sun-kissed ???????????
??????????? sound which positions them as avant-garde ???????????
??????????? purveyors in the vein of Saint Etienne rather ???????????
??????????? than debauched glowstick wavers. But while its ???????????
??????????? opening number, a 37-second snatch of cowing ???????????
??????????? seagulls and distant waves lapping against the ???????????
??????????? shore, may evoke the glamorous beaches of ???????????
??????????? California, its remaining self-produced ten ???????????
??????????? tracks are very much a love letter to both ???????????
??????????? Mount's hometown of Totnes in Devon, and a ???????????
??????????? romantic fantasy of the title's seaside resort he ???????????
??????????? used to drive around in, blasting Ace of Base as ???????????
??????????? a youth. While thankfully there aren't any ???????????
??????????? attempts at European faux-reggae, there are nods ???????????
??????????? to the rich and warm West Coast sounds of '70s ???????????
??????????? Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles on the swaying, ???????????
??????????? country-tinged "Trouble" and the ominous, ???????????
??????????? fretless, bass-led "She Wants." But ultimately, ???????????
??????????? as the title implies, the band's third album is ???????????
??????????? unmistakably an English affair, and none more so ???????????
??????????? than "Some Written," which kicks off with a ???????????
??????????? shuffling end-of-the-pier waltz rhythm and the ???????????
??????????? kind of old-fashioned Wurlitzer last heard in ???????????
??????????? wartime ballrooms, before ending in a cavalcade ???????????
??????????? of stylophones, cymbals, and even kazoos that ???????????
??????????? sounds like a particularly clumsy one-man-band ???????????
??????????? falling down the stairs. It's utterly bonkers, ???????????
??????????? but fits right in when placed among the likes of ???????????
??????????? "The Look," which borrows the hook from Perez ???????????
??????????? Prado's "Guaglione" and fuses it with summery ???????????
??????????? Beach Boys harmonies and archaic video game style ???????????
??????????? synths, the lolloping Serge Gainsbourg-esque ???????????
??????????? jazz-rock, and psychedelic guitar solos of "We ???????????
??????????? Broke Free" and "Everything Goes My Way," a ???????????
??????????? gorgeous '60s-inspired slice of cooing ???????????
??????????? lounge-funk featuring the deadpan vocals of ???????????
??????????? Veronica Falls' Roxanne Clifford. The band ???????????
??????????? occasionally revert back to their more familiar ???????????
??????????? electronic roots, such as on the ambient, ???????????
??????????? Orbital-esque "Loving Arm," and the woozy synth ???????????
??????????? wizardry of closing number "Love Underlined," but ???????????
??????????? as sonically interesting as they are, they feel ???????????
??????????? like slightly jarring interruptions to the ???????????
??????????? album's underlying vaudeville nature. Relentless ???????????
??????????? in its pursuit to soundtrack the uniqueness of ???????????
??????????? the British summer, The English Riviera is a ???????????
??????????? challenging but ultimately rewarding effort which ???????????
??????????? cements Mount's reputation as one of Britain's ???????????
??????????? most intriguing pop mavericks.
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