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Róisín Murphy: You Know Me Better
Slow growing, but ultimately retro-dance-sophistipop album of the year, Róisín Murphy’s Overpowered is an album that you shouldn’t insult by playing it on headphones, stupid little boom boxes, Harman Kardon PC speakers or anything else that doesn’t permit space, dynamics, fizz and bass. Otherwise you’ll think it’s a throwback to the 1980’s, ripping off Alison Limerick and Electribe 101.
No, Overpowered is a bomb of an album. For instance, You Know Me Better, where the bassline and the chunky snares are refined so much that the handclaps and Róisín’s vocals can spread themselves out across the plateau that is the dancefloor in your living room. Fantastic stuff.
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