WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Goldfrapp’s last album was 2017’s Silver Eye and so singer Alison Goldfrapp’s feature on this new single by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp is more than welcome.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
We last saw Charli XCX live at the 02 Brixton Academy when she was supported by Rina Sawayama and so this collaboration feels more organic than some duets sometimes do.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
Canadian Carly Rae Jepson topped charts around the world including the UK and US with Call Me Maybe in 2011 and Little Boots’ new single was written for her.
WORTH A LOOK? ****
Released at the same time as details of Henderson’s 2nd album, a full 7 years after her debut, single Brave is midtempo, anthemic and optimistic at a time when we perhaps need spoonfuls of the latter.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Welcome to the 6th single of 2021 by a solo Olly Alexander performing as Years & Years which tees up perfectly the band’s 3rd album Night Call, out 21 January 2022.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
It’s quite the feat for a band that has been releasing records for 4 decades to put out a new single that sounds both quintessentially them but also with an understanding of what made supergroup ABBA’s return to the fold this year such a thrill.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Duo Roland Orzabal, born in Portsmouth, and Curt Smith toured in 2019 when we saw them at London’s 02 Arena but this is the band’s 1st new single for 13 years.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Crave is co-written by lead singer Olly Alexander and is an infectious, dancefloor friendly bop which is the 2nd single from the band’s 3rd album Night Call, to be released 7 January 2022.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Last night Danish pop band Alphabeat played their final gig in Greve as lead singer Stine Bramsen relaunches her solo career with this authentic pop gem that reminds these ears of a more muscular attempt at something as stellar as Adele’s Rolling In The Deep.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Danish/Icelandic duo EYJAA – Sara and Brynja – aren’t happy but have produced a chorus that is to die for: ”5am hurt is a habit, too late for happy thoughts, feeling a day’s worth of damage and here comes The Wrecking Crew. F*ck trying to make sense of sadness before it makes sense of me, love is as simple as madness and here comes The Wrecking Crew.’
