PLEASE REMAIN SEATED opens the album a robot voice informs us that the future you have anticipated has been canceled
Metroland was already released and allowed with the unusual for a single length of over 7 minutes, a look at the musical pedigree of OMD. Because in addition to the innate OMD elements is clearly the love of both musicians to hear the German electronics. A pan-European approach, as has been our common friend from Dusseldorf nursed him to cherish. Very rhythmic staged, full of fascinating synthesizer effects, the song celebrates the pure fascination of sound. Exciting, exciting!
NIGHT CAFE is the first major Popmoment Album. OMD have that gift still with whom they brought forth countless Top Ten hits in the 80s and 90s. Just four minutes and a chorus for eternity.
THE FUTURE WILL BE SILENT is no song in the true sense, massive bass, dubstep.
HELEN OF TROY follows both musically (again simple, fascinating Pop) and content (it is a strong woman from the history sung) old familiar patterns. A beautiful song by Metroland the second highlight of the album.
OUR SYSTEM is the first, rather experimental peak. The song is a quiet, melancholy ballad, supported by crackling background noises, supposedly sampled from the Voyager recordings of the magnetosphere of Jupiter. We are called upon to protect us from ourselves.
KISSING THE MACHINE is a tribute to the Düsseldorf School, including Karl Bartos, who had the song nearly 20 years ago and published Claudia bridges in the central part again. Here no cheap retro show will be deducted, but here grows together what belongs together. The melody is gorgeous, the downbeat incredibly elegant.
DECIMAL is a small song Collage, respects times come to the Textsprengsel from the vocoder.
Stay with me in the tradition of songs like Walking on the Milkyway, the song is very harmonious and developed a certain sentimental, pleasant but also very sugary undertow.
DRESDEN is then the bow to his own early days and manages to revive the atmosphere of Enola Gay. A rich, perfect melody floats above the musical nostalgia with booming bass Wave. Beautifully.
ATOMIC RANCH is again a small experimental filling as DECIMAL and with FINAL SONG leaves a good pop album end appropriately. Carried by a beautiful female voice of the song and the unexpectedly good album slides out quietly.
A simple conclusion: OMD were able to maintain their comeback album, the unexpectedly high level. Catchy great pop pearls (Metroland, HELEN OF TROY, STAY WITH ME, Dresden) alternate with clever effects and experiments from that everything produced as expected perfectly. And it is worth it this time even, somewhat more on the texts to make observations on the here and now and the cultural and personal developments of the past three decades.
