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Track List
01) There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your
02) I Can't Stand It
03) Cool Like You
04) Unfaithful
05) Stranger Still
06) How Long Will This Last?
07) Between the Eyes
08) I Just Imagined You
09) Giving Up the Ghost
10) Lying Again
11) Love Talk
01) There's a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your
02) I Can't Stand It
03) Cool Like You
04) Unfaithful
05) Stranger Still
06) How Long Will This Last?
07) Between the Eyes
08) I Just Imagined You
09) Giving Up the Ghost
10) Lying Again
11) Love Talk
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2018
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"Cool Like You" is the second studio album by English rock band Blossoms. It was released on the 27th April 2018 through Virgin EMI.
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Now comes a follow-up that waggles two fingers at the notion of a ‘difficult second album’. The sunburst of synths on opener ‘There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)’ is an effortless introduction, reaching into the most distant corners of the arenas that await it, and lead single ‘I Can’t Stand It’ is another rush of bittersweet melancholic pop, as if Brett Anderson were fronting OMD. The title track, meanwhile, seems to be the one they once threatened would carry the sound of “New Order covering Kylie Minogue”. It’s straight from the songwriting school of The Killers circa ‘Hot Fuss’, delivered with a wistful Alex Turner drawl; the same can also be said for ‘Unfaithful’, albeit with a touch of the Doctor Who theme to boot.
It’s not all pomp and bluster, mind. There are moments of tenderness and reflection to meet the bangers. While romantic through and through, Ogden’s way with words is accessible as his knack for a melody as he ponders loneliness on ‘Stranger Still’ (“since you left my heart, there’s a vacancy”) and takes a sideways look at his peers on ‘How Long Will This Last?’ (“people like you always want back what you gave them, and it’s rude”).
Like an early greatest hits, ‘Cool Like You’ is overflowing with singles. None are greater than the new-wave Blondie stomp of ‘Lying Again’, or the high-speed chase of ‘I Just Imagined You’, which ought to open either their sets or their encores for the foreseeable future. Whether or not that could be a festival headline show falls down to fate and fashion, but with their second album Blossoms have certainly had a damn good crack.
Reviewed by Andrew Trendell for nme.com.
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"Cool Like You" is the second studio album by English rock band Blossoms. It was released on the 27th April 2018 through Virgin EMI.
User Album Review
Now comes a follow-up that waggles two fingers at the notion of a ‘difficult second album’. The sunburst of synths on opener ‘There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)’ is an effortless introduction, reaching into the most distant corners of the arenas that await it, and lead single ‘I Can’t Stand It’ is another rush of bittersweet melancholic pop, as if Brett Anderson were fronting OMD. The title track, meanwhile, seems to be the one they once threatened would carry the sound of “New Order covering Kylie Minogue”. It’s straight from the songwriting school of The Killers circa ‘Hot Fuss’, delivered with a wistful Alex Turner drawl; the same can also be said for ‘Unfaithful’, albeit with a touch of the Doctor Who theme to boot.
It’s not all pomp and bluster, mind. There are moments of tenderness and reflection to meet the bangers. While romantic through and through, Ogden’s way with words is accessible as his knack for a melody as he ponders loneliness on ‘Stranger Still’ (“since you left my heart, there’s a vacancy”) and takes a sideways look at his peers on ‘How Long Will This Last?’ (“people like you always want back what you gave them, and it’s rude”).
Like an early greatest hits, ‘Cool Like You’ is overflowing with singles. None are greater than the new-wave Blondie stomp of ‘Lying Again’, or the high-speed chase of ‘I Just Imagined You’, which ought to open either their sets or their encores for the foreseeable future. Whether or not that could be a festival headline show falls down to fate and fashion, but with their second album Blossoms have certainly had a damn good crack.
Reviewed by Andrew Trendell for nme.com.
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