To borrow what I’ve written about this song before: when Kylie hits the right note for me, she makes me feel like my whole body is lifted by a thousand balloons over a calm lake and the snow top mountains that surround it. And, very tingly in places.
{My 50 ALL-TIME FAVOURITE FEMALE VOCALISTS list continues (tagged Female Vocalists)! The criteria are simple: they are female of the species, I love their voice, and they have attempted to sing in English at one point in their career. The present list is focused mostly on the quality/uniqueness of their tone (voice box), and their ability to emote the hell out of the songs.}
I friggin’ love this song. Katy B, with the help of RinseFM (grime/dubstep home station), finally released her album states side in April. I had a chance to spin her disc, and I’m on the fence. I see her potential, but the whole experience doesn’t wow beyond the singles released so far. She does have her charms, and they come from a familiar place: her mission, it seems, is to make you wonder if Nina Sky ever rollicked in Lily Allen’s bush and crossed-starry-eyed with Joss Stone. And if the stars align just right, she might just hover in their stratosphere pretty soon.
Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes gained success the last couple of years with their side-project Empire of the Sun, though the duo is currently recording their fourth studio album as PNAU titled Soft Universe. The first single The Truth is out now and available for your streaming pleasure here. The lyrics are quite sad (“Said you were confused, you fake and you fake, I thought you were the truth.”) but they obviously didn’t lose their ability to create sweet, joyful synthpop.
Who am I to feel so free (feat. Antony Hegarty) - MEN
Antony lends his distinguished vocal to the remix of a new MEN track, off their latest album Talk About Body. If Kanye can lend his voice to a Katy Perry track to increase its hit-meter, why not Antony?
