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Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart

Column: CD Single Reviews   |   Date Published: Wednesday, 22 July 09   |   Author: Dave Ruby Howe   |   3 years, 10 months ago

     [Raise It Up] [UMA]

While everyone is fussing over La Roux and Little Boots for UK popstar worship, people are missing the glory of Florence + The Machine. One of the best songs off of one of the year's best LPs, Rabbit Heart is a musical odyssey. Cascading percussion, euphoric vocals and motherfucking harps fuse together for something as uplifting as it is enigmatic and strange. We probably won't remember Little Boots in a few years time, but this is just the beginning of Florence + The Machine's ascent to stardom.

Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling : [UMA]

Most Black Eyed Peas songs are pointless enough, but here they manage to out-do themselves. What a piece of disposable trash. It's not even catchy. Seriously, it's just plain bad. And dudes can't spell properly either.

F.L.Y. Party Time: [Surf Party] [Island]

As sceptical as I was about three-piece rap group Fast Life Yungstaz doing some twisted beach thug hybrid, I've got to say this is just genius. These dudes have sun-drenched production and summer-loving lyrics and they've also got the balls to revive the words 'gnarly' and 'cowabunga'. I love it. Surf-rap is here.

 

 





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