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Everything But The Girl: Tracey Thorn (vocals); Ben Watt (guitar, strings, keyboards, bass, programming, scratches).
Additional personnel: Deep Dish (programming).
WALKING WOUNDED's open embrace of dance music was revolutionary in the context of EBTG's delicate pop past. But the duo's 11th studio album signals a complete break with this history. Whereas EBTG previously flirted with drum-and-bass, techno, and house while remaining in touch with the pop melodies of past recordings, TEMPERAMENTAL is a more focused affair. The album reflects Ben Watt's increased profile as a deep house DJ, featuring the EBTG/Deep Dish collaboration "The Future of the Future."
Tracy Thorn's voice proves as plaintive and despairing as ever on an album preoccupied with the facets of urban life. Where "Full Fathoms" is built upon the anticipation of a night on the town, "Lullaby of Clubland" details the stark loneliness of the journey home. "Hatfield 1980" grimly recalls underpasses and knife attacks, and the album's finest moment "No Difference" finds Thorn yearning for past thrills over a pummeling live drum loop and a '70s guitar lick reminiscent of late-night US cop shows.
J Majik (of Metalheadz) lends his expertise to the unrelenting "Blame," one of two forays into drum-and-bass. EBTG may never be loved by the dance underground, but TEMPERAMENTAL is nevertheless a modern, accessible, and impressive work.
Additional personnel: Deep Dish (programming).
WALKING WOUNDED's open embrace of dance music was revolutionary in the context of EBTG's delicate pop past. But the duo's 11th studio album signals a complete break with this history. Whereas EBTG previously flirted with drum-and-bass, techno, and house while remaining in touch with the pop melodies of past recordings, TEMPERAMENTAL is a more focused affair. The album reflects Ben Watt's increased profile as a deep house DJ, featuring the EBTG/Deep Dish collaboration "The Future of the Future."
Tracy Thorn's voice proves as plaintive and despairing as ever on an album preoccupied with the facets of urban life. Where "Full Fathoms" is built upon the anticipation of a night on the town, "Lullaby of Clubland" details the stark loneliness of the journey home. "Hatfield 1980" grimly recalls underpasses and knife attacks, and the album's finest moment "No Difference" finds Thorn yearning for past thrills over a pummeling live drum loop and a '70s guitar lick reminiscent of late-night US cop shows.
J Majik (of Metalheadz) lends his expertise to the unrelenting "Blame," one of two forays into drum-and-bass. EBTG may never be loved by the dance underground, but TEMPERAMENTAL is nevertheless a modern, accessible, and impressive work.