The Music - Strength In Numbers

Polydor

Famous for their ability to craft unknowingly brilliant rock/dance toons, The Music are back to share their dulcet tones after a four-year gap. More focused than before, the boys take care of the much-publicized issues of singer Robert Harvey. While that means that drugs and depression are the matter at hand for most of the album, it’s not clichéd, and it’s not depressing. ‘Drugs’ is proof of this. The title track thumps away at you like a jackhammer, while tracks like ‘The Spike’ subtly rumble away before exploding in your face. Fair play for stripping the guitar widdling and adding some digital knob-twiddling. It’s just a shame that, bar three or four tracks, you know deep down that you’ve heard it all before from this band. Aaron Stoops

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DOWNLOAD: ‘STRENGTH IN NUMBERS’, ‘THE SPIKE’, ‘DRUGS’.
FOR FANS OF: THE GOSSIP, THE VERVE.

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