Album artwork for Nights Out by Metronomy

For this second album Metronomy have matured into a proper, full-blown pop group, shaping their scrappy electro-rock tendencies into hook-laden mini-anthems. Once in full swing 'The End Of You Too' has to be the least in-tune pop song you'll ever fall in love with. By all rights it should be a real car pile-up of a song, but somehow it makes a virtue out of its own gleeful ineptitude. At least as good - and as wonky sounding - 'My Heart Rate Rapid' is another crossover dancefloor monster, resplendent with multi-tracked falsetto that'd make Sparks wince. It really is a joy to behold. More of the same can be heard in the wayward synths of tracks like 'Holiday', but Metronomy's brand of pop is a many-headed hydra: 'On The Motorway' and 'Back On The Motorway' take to the krautrock autobahn, displacing the iciness of the source material with fun, flamboyant disco. In addition to being a heck of a lot of fun Nights Out never feels flimsy or throwaway, and however lo-fi or whimsical the production can seem, more often than not there's an undercurrent of sincerity elevating the music beyond frivolousness. Recommended.

Metronomy

Nights Out

BECAUSE MUSIC (FRANCE)
Album artwork for Nights Out by Metronomy
LP

$27.99

Black
Released 05/16/2011Catalog Number

BEC 5772370

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Metronomy

Nights Out

BECAUSE MUSIC (FRANCE)
Album artwork for Nights Out by Metronomy
LP

$27.99

Black
Released 05/16/2011Catalog Number

BEC 5772370

Learn more

For this second album Metronomy have matured into a proper, full-blown pop group, shaping their scrappy electro-rock tendencies into hook-laden mini-anthems. Once in full swing 'The End Of You Too' has to be the least in-tune pop song you'll ever fall in love with. By all rights it should be a real car pile-up of a song, but somehow it makes a virtue out of its own gleeful ineptitude. At least as good - and as wonky sounding - 'My Heart Rate Rapid' is another crossover dancefloor monster, resplendent with multi-tracked falsetto that'd make Sparks wince. It really is a joy to behold. More of the same can be heard in the wayward synths of tracks like 'Holiday', but Metronomy's brand of pop is a many-headed hydra: 'On The Motorway' and 'Back On The Motorway' take to the krautrock autobahn, displacing the iciness of the source material with fun, flamboyant disco. In addition to being a heck of a lot of fun Nights Out never feels flimsy or throwaway, and however lo-fi or whimsical the production can seem, more often than not there's an undercurrent of sincerity elevating the music beyond frivolousness. Recommended.