Monday, September 18, 2006
Barcode Magazine - Strangelove review
Once the lead singer of the English pop/indie group, Black Box Recorder, Sarah Nixey has separated to move into poppier climbs on this disco-friendly electro-pop track, which combines the new romanticism of the early eighties synthpop era with the more contemporary crispness of… say, Goldfrapp.
Strangelove is slickly a produced effort, but not one that particularly distinguishes itself from the genre it represents, offering only a very slightly leftfield slant to what you might find in the lower reaches of the pop charts these days.
Bonus tracks come by the way of three remixes of The Collector, displaying a far more enticing and hypnotic side to Nixey, with estranged piano tones wandering around her elegant whispers and more satisfying arrangements. The entire package grows on you impressively after a while.
7.5/10
from barcode magazine
Strangelove is slickly a produced effort, but not one that particularly distinguishes itself from the genre it represents, offering only a very slightly leftfield slant to what you might find in the lower reaches of the pop charts these days.
Bonus tracks come by the way of three remixes of The Collector, displaying a far more enticing and hypnotic side to Nixey, with estranged piano tones wandering around her elegant whispers and more satisfying arrangements. The entire package grows on you impressively after a while.
7.5/10
from barcode magazine
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