While Palo Santo was a dance album for the headphones, Night Call is a hi-fi album primed for neon flooring, and perhaps that’s where Olly Alexander was always meant to be. Though it does occasionally tap into the sweet spot of Palo Santo’s Mixolydian drama, Night Call is consistently vivid and camp across the track list. His stories are fueled by personal history and encounters, brazenly wistful about his sexuality and often carefree.Īt its most predictable, Night Call does make me long for the organic touches that made Palo Santo such a cool album-the closely-mic’d percussion, the warmer bass and the almost indie touches of songs like “Sanctify,” which provided a more visceral sense of drama that he carried so perfectly. There’s a whole lot of colour here to portray Alexander’s irresistible hedonism, from wicked strings on the chorus of “Sweet Talker” to prime, beefy bass on lead single “Starstruck.” Thematically, it’s impossible to say that Alexander is not defiantly, respectably, instinctively himself. Night Call wastes not a second, diving directly into the nightclub from the very first beat and rarely letting up. Sure, they’ve raised the bar, but Years & Years’ third LP does a good job of closing the gap with a succinct tracklist of debauched, throwback dancefloor pomp. Olly further - 230885 Olly further - 230885 Diverse Vinyl is the sister company of Diverse Music, one of the last remaining independent record stores in South Wales. No easy task-once you’ve won over the public on album #1, and the critics on album #2, the stakes are higher than ever, not to mention the likes of Dua Lipa, The Weeknd and Lil Nas X blew the pop game wide open in your absence. Years & Years has today announced details of brand new album, ‘Night Call’, which will see a release on Polydor Records on January 7th. He’s starred in the brutal, award-winning HIV-era drama It’s A Sin, become Kylie Minogue’s new best mate, and casually collaborates with Elton John on the weekends.įor those of us who have followed his career trajectory, all that remained to witness was the continuation of an artistic hot streak in his solo music career. Though his musical success began with the group’s chart-topping debut album Communion (2015) and was cemented on his celebrated follow up Palo Santo (2018), Alexander has spent the past four years breaking away from his bandmates and bringing wider projects up to speed. Back in 2015, when Years & Years’ single “King” went straight in at #1 on the UK singles charts upon its release, it remained to be seen that seven years later, artist Olly Alexander would be more relevant than ever.

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