CD Review
This review was originally written by Jose Bernardo for www.theweeklyriff.com between 2008 and 2010.
These were Jose’s first impressions of the songs and were not written after multiple spins.
Artist : Little Boots
Album : Hands (2009 Sixsevenine)
Tracks : 12
Artist website : http://www.littlebootsmusic.co.uk
OVERVIEW
Hands is the debut album of British artist, Little Boots. This is a pop album that mixes many elements of different pop and dance styles together. I was totally surprised by the music in the sense that I didn’t find it overly annoying, as I usually do with this style of music.
There are some very good ideas musically in here. There is room for development in terms of compositional and arrangement skills, but most of the ideas work in their current form. Little Boots’ vocals are good. I would like to see an improvement in the compositional side of Little Boots’ material for her next release.
HIGHLIGHTS :
New In Town, Remedy, Tune Into My Heart
PLAY BY PLAY
Track 1 – New In Town
Cool track.
Track 2 – Earthquake
Interesting track. Cool melodic ideas.
Track 3 – Stuck on Repeat
Didn’t like this one.
Track 4 – Click
A bit repetitive.
Track 5 – Remedy
Cool track.
Track 6 – Meddle
I didn’t like this track. Too repetitive.
Track 7 – Ghost
This track should not have made it on to the record.
Track 8 – Mathematics
Not sure exactly what this track was trying to achieve. Almost felt unfinished and unpolished like a demo.
Track 9 – Symmetry
Interesting.
Track 10 – Tune into My Heart
Nice melody.
Track 11 – Hearts Collide
I couldn’t get into this track at all.
Track 12 – No Brakes
Cool melodic ideas. Better harmonic choices are available to support the melody.