A stream of Slow Club's eagerly anticipated third album also dropped this week. Titled "Complete Surrender" (BY THE WAY a great title I like it a lot) it was set to be a great follow up to 2011's Paradise. And it was!
A few months ago Slow Club revealed the first snippet of their new material, album opener Tears Of Joy. It's a very typical Slow Club track, with hints of both Yeah, So and Paradise woven through it. The second track released, title track Complete Surrender, is where things really got exciting. It feels like a natural progression from the bold and atmospheric sounds of Paradise, with a groovy twist. I read a review somewhere that stated it sounds like a Bond theme, and that's the perfect way to describe it. Perhaps my favourite Slow Club track alongside Beginners, Two Cousins and If We're Still Alive.
That groove is a continuous theme throughout the entire album. It all feels floaty and flamboyant, big and bold. Everything Is New sounds like a bombastic finale, but is in fact only the second track. Suffering You, Suffering Me is deceiving - it starts off with some very ballad-y vibes, but ends as a funky, upbeat track. Like, one of those songs people dance down the street to in TV adverts.
All in all, I'd say this is Slow Club's best album, and they seem to get better with each one. Complete Surrender is one of my favourite albums of 2014 so far, and already my favourite album title.
Favourites: Complete Surrender, The Pieces, Everything Is New, Not Mine To Love, Tears Of Joy, The Queen's Nose
A few months ago Slow Club revealed the first snippet of their new material, album opener Tears Of Joy. It's a very typical Slow Club track, with hints of both Yeah, So and Paradise woven through it. The second track released, title track Complete Surrender, is where things really got exciting. It feels like a natural progression from the bold and atmospheric sounds of Paradise, with a groovy twist. I read a review somewhere that stated it sounds like a Bond theme, and that's the perfect way to describe it. Perhaps my favourite Slow Club track alongside Beginners, Two Cousins and If We're Still Alive.
That groove is a continuous theme throughout the entire album. It all feels floaty and flamboyant, big and bold. Everything Is New sounds like a bombastic finale, but is in fact only the second track. Suffering You, Suffering Me is deceiving - it starts off with some very ballad-y vibes, but ends as a funky, upbeat track. Like, one of those songs people dance down the street to in TV adverts.
All in all, I'd say this is Slow Club's best album, and they seem to get better with each one. Complete Surrender is one of my favourite albums of 2014 so far, and already my favourite album title.
Favourites: Complete Surrender, The Pieces, Everything Is New, Not Mine To Love, Tears Of Joy, The Queen's Nose
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