Word: romanticized
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On “One Life Stand,” Hot Chip debuts a newly stripped-down aesthetic that effortlessly combines soulful ballads with synth effects and electronic distortion, juxtaposing simple, romantic lyrics with dance beats that wouldn’t disappoint a fist-pumping Jersey Shore guido. Where previous...
The title track and first single epitomizes this new sound. Taylor’s vocals masterfully intertwine with the electronic beats and synth effects, rising to a quasi-falsetto on the chorus as he sets the album’s romantic mood with an endearing pun: “I...
Ferris effectively uses the illness as a foil to the pernicious corporate environment to which Tim belongs, taking up the critique that he began in his first novel, but on a different front. It is this premise of two opposing ailments as they compete for Tim’s life...
Dear John's eminence will be more fleeting, but it certainly escaped the ignominious-flop status of the weekend's other wide release, From Paris with Love. That John Travolta spy-action film earned only a quarter of Dear John's take. Another burly espionage melodrama, the Mel Gibson vehicle...
“Contra” is not, however, a carbon copy of its predecessor. “Taxi Cab” is the group’s first real ballad, a beautiful baroque affair featuring endearingly uncertain romantic lyrics: “You stood so close to me / Like...