Words originally for Outline Magazine
Label: Because Music
Release Date: July 1st, 2016
Being dad to two young children whilst writing
and recording an entire pop record must be no easy feat yet electro connoisseur
Joe Mount has done just that. On Summer
08, the Metronomy mastermind tackles
the same themes of love and coming-of-age he always has, but with a fresh
energy, a blissful funkability manifested in ten groovy, bass-led numbers. If
the punchy drumming on Back Together sets
the tone as playful then Miami Logic
runs with it to the hills, mixing wobbles of bass into equally wavering vocals before
dissolving into the instant-classic Old
Skool. A guest appearance from Robyn injects a gutsy streak into the dreamy
duet Hang Me Out to Dry and the woozy
Mick Slow sprinkles glistening synths
over guitars that point as much to motown as they do Daft Punk, like a hangover
headache you can’t quite shake. Night Owl
is this record’s ‘The Look’, 4-minutes-30 of sublime indie rumbles and buzzes with
beautifully bittersweet lyrics as the cherry on top. A lazy fade-out tarnishes
its slick deliciousness, but it’s a banger all the same. Summer Jam wraps up the record in a bitesize chunk of the effortlessly
cool aesthetic it’s so steeply seeped in. Sound of the summer? Incontestably.
8/10
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