Album Review: Metronomy – Love Letters

From ‘Love Letters’ album artwork it can be seen Metronomy are presenting an element of soul with their latest release. The band mix synth sounds with old and authentic styles to create an Indie-Electronic wonder.

The follow up to 2010’s ‘The English Riviera’ opens with ‘The Upsetter’. ‘I’ve gotta beam a message to ya,’ sings Joseph Mount to a simple beat and building synths chords, keeping true to Metronomy’s loved style. It reaches out towards the brilliance of Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, with its bizarre style and creates something strangely captivating.

‘I’m Aquarius,’ features a funky female chorus group singing, ‘Shoop-doop-doop-ahs’, on an endless loop which feel quirky and upbeat. A track filled with soulfullness.

On the title track a jazzy style is adopted as smooth brass sounds promising at the songs opening, its legato notes crescendo into a group of girls vocals and honky-tonky piano. The 1920s Jazz Age is brought into the realms of modern Indie-Funk. ‘Month of Sundays’ follows a similar soulful feel with bluesy guitar scales thrown into the mix with tinkering symbol beats.

With ‘Love Letters’, Metronomy adhere to their loved original sound, they yet get creative and add a sprinkle of Jazz, Soul and Funk into the mix at a great success.