I’ve had complaints that I’ve been ranting too much lately, so thought I’d do Raps Then Jives’ first brief album review.
Today I bought Hands by Little Boots.
Play.com allows you to listen to the whole thing (except the hidden title track), and suggests that “If the release of Lady GaGa and Lily Allen’s acclaimed albums The Fame and It’s Not Me, It’s You hasn’t convinced you that 2009 is the year of the quirky female soloist, then the arrival of 24-year-old Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, is certain to change your opinion.”
Meanwhile, the BBC announces the arrival of debut albums by “new pop divas” Little Boots, Florence and The Machine and La Roux, and describes Little Boots’ sound as follows:
I have at least one song by all of the above mentioned 2009 quirky female soloist new pop divas, but this is the only album I’ve considered worth buying.
To be honest, music reviews are pretty pointless in some ways, I mean, I’m not going to try and tell you what you should like. I guess the best I can do is try and tell you if something’s worth at least one listen, but then there are probably things I would never listen to more than once that other people love.
Basically, I like this album, but I would suggest that it sounds more like ABBA might sound today if they’d carried on, rather than any of the other comparisons mentioned above. That’s all I’ve got to say on it so far.
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