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Scott Mildenhall: An initial envisaged consolation of the subject sitting silent in a room as rain taps at the window ends up an unhinged declaration of supposed independence in the midst of a movie screen thunderstorm. For a while in between there’s a threat that it will become more songy — Monarchy are good at that too — but instead it fakes out and it flips out, desperate denials of internal pain realised as demented racket.
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Alfred Soto: Roger Troutman + Barry Gibb + cheapo rave effects + sand guitar = discoindiepocalypse.
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Anthony Easton: I like this before the rest of the noise ramps up, and covers a voice that might be intriguingly flat otherwise.
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Juana Giaimo: Maybe this is just another standard electronic song with another typical lyric theme as it is a break up. But its harshness is quite unusual with lines like “tears won’t help you” and “sometimes you only see the light when you’re standing in darkness”. There is no pity or nostalgia, just feelings of liberation that are reflected with the progression of the song towards an unknown territory.
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Will Adams: It begins so guarded, the narrator feigning confidence to himself and his ex-partner. But the storm brewing inside shows his cards, and by the second chorus we’ve gone from a gentle letdown to maddened electro. It’s music for dancing alone without abandon, for coming to terms with being without that someone.
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Brad Shoup: Melodically, it’s perfect. Fantastic, surprising choices for the vocal line, supported in a sublime moment by a metallic drumroll. Sometimes you can pay tribute to R&B by making the same little clever choices, and so it is with this ultimately frantic floorfiller.
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