ARTIST: Hail Social
TITLE: Modern Love & Death
LABEL: Hail Social
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 50min total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-03-20
RIP DATE: 2007-03-19
TRACK LIST
1. Anna Belle 2:03
2. Heaven 3:59
3. The Fall 5:28
4. All Night 3:29
5. Modern Love And Death 4:44
6. Try Again 4:43
7. Paralyzed 4:00
8. Footsteps 3:17
9. The Strangest Things 4:13
10.One U Love 3:19
11.Cherry Cola Funk 4:18
12.R U Still There 3:56
13.The Way It Is 3:09
RELEASE NOTES
If there's one thing we can learn from Modern Love & Death, it's that the
distance from post-punk revival to disco is a lot shorter than one might think.
The neon-lit images of acts like the Wire and the Cure, still linger in Hail
Social's field of vision, but on Modern Love & Death they've latched onto the
heavy four/four backbeat and pumped up the retro-synth effects. Which means they
sound a little more like Daft Punk or the Sunshine Underground than Franz
Ferdinand or Bloc Party at this point, but thankfully the shift in sound really
fits. Hail Social are at their best when they keep things angular and danceable,
and that's what they've done here; Modern Love & Death yields some addictive,
enticing tunes. Not only that, but structure-wise the songs here are much
stronger that those found on their debut; these are some well-done cookies.
Where songs on the first album tended to spin out of control, tracks like
"Heaven" and "All Night" are trim, sleek, disco-infused confections, full of
squishy retro-synths and knobby basslines. The problem is, just about every
other track on the album sounds more or less just like "Heaven." The ear fatigue
sets in by track four, and it's a pity. Hail Social might have found their
footing with Modern Love & Death, but it's not quite enough to pull them out of
the swamp. It's a valiant effort, nonetheless, one that'll have more than a few
newcomers waiting around to see what Hail Social come up with next.
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