ft. Meryl Streep…
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Anthony Easton: [8] if this is about Jesus, [4] if this is about sex, [12] if this is about sex with Jesus.
[5]
Abby Waysdorf: Less EDM, more EBM, the variety of goth/industrial music concerned with dance rhythms and melodic synths. Kele’s voice is too distinctively British-indie to fit with the genre’s tendency towards Germanic tenors, but the echoing beat and basslines fit. It could perhaps use a little more strength in the chorus — the whole thing blends together a bit — but it’s a pleasant new entry in goth’s subtle emergence into other forms.
[7]
Brad Shoup: He’s a mosquito on a bloodless track, a tiny wheezing thing navigating a drunkproof bassline.
[3]
Alfred Soto: He’s programming better two-step beats, stealing bits from Gorgon City and Caribou, the chorus melody ain’t bad, and I love the ohhhs. But this is still far from transcendent because Kele sings like the keyboardist had to sub for the lead singer because the latter had the flu.
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Thomas Inskeep: You know how non-native speakers often learn languages phonetically? This sounds like Kele learned how to make “house” music phonetically. (Those quotation marks are intentional.) It’s as if he thought, “Well, Bloc Party didn’t work out quite like we wanted; I’ll try something different,” and he bought a stack of Simian Mobile Disco records to study.
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Dan MacRae: You know those parachutes that you used to get to run under in elementary school gym class? If I could enjoy a moody stroll underneath one of those things as an adult, “Doubt” would be the cut I’d do it to.
[7]
Micha Cavaseno: Former Bloc Party frontman comes in with pretty weak 2-step skips and basic house-by-numbers. But he’s provided possibly the best New Order song since “Regret” on top of it, so I guess it all evens out in the end.
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