Album Review: Metronomy - The English Riviera

The last album by Metronomy, Nights Out, deservedly got them plenty of attention with it's collection of danceable pop ditties that could comfortably trend towards the introspective while still seeming like a party. Party band was an apt way to describe Metronomy shows a couple years back too, but in the process of touring Nights Out and beginning to look beyond it they underwent a transformation into, gasp, an actual proper band with a capital B. Don’t fret, Metronomy is still a vehicle for Joseph Mount’s songs, but in rising to the challenge presented by their critical and crowd reactions there have been shifts of the subtle and not-so-subtle kinds.

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