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...real jewel of the collection, “Our Way to Fall” (from 2000’s “I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One”), comes a few tracks later. The lulling synth caresses the chorus, “Cause we’re on our way / We’re on our way to fall in love,” though Kaplan’s poised and tender delivery suggests that he’s already arrived...
...breathe easy along with James Murphy and Jimmy Tamborello’s copyright lawyers. The synth-pop trappings are there, to be sure, but they’re never a pose, and “Twins” doesn’t aspire to the club. On the best songs—which is to say, all but one or two on this consistently great album—those nods to the ’80s brilliantly showcase Barnes’ superlative songwriting. The lighter-than-air loops and disco-ball riffs seem a natural extension of Barnes?...
...reverse but never outstay their welcome. Skipping vocal samples, hysterically-burbling keys, and glitchy drum tracks lend a thrilling dash of claustrophobia to “So Begins Our Alabee” and “The Party’s Crashing Us,” and rubbery synth slouches make the surreal travel diary of “Oslo in the Summertime” ominous and dirty instead of precious...
...ever to chart. Yet, after 25 years as guitarist and front man for the band New Order, Sumner is entitled to kick back. Emerging in 1980 from Manchester's new-wave legends Joy Division, New Order pillaged and adapted rock and pop to revolutionize electronic dance music. Today, their synth-driven sound is aped by every group of serious-looking boys in eyeliner...
...Come Down On Me,” the album’s best track and almost a stand-out anthem, perhaps does the best job of this, perfectly capturing the Reagan years’ excess, pride, and belief in the future through a constantly moving synth line with periodic booms from lower registers...