nanuk Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 (edited) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/oct/04/mika-origin-of-love-review?newsfeed=true Caroline Sullivan The Guardian, he PR bumph that comes with Mika's third album breezily suggests it was inspired by Laurel Canyon's dreamy soft rock and Steve Reich's proto-minimalism. If you squint you can just about see it: the sweet strumminess of Lola does have the scent of LA hippy about it, while the title track's looped percussive throb might conceivably have been influenced by Reich. But there's really no need for fanciful comparisons: the fact is, The Origin of Love is simply a good record by one of the UK's more undervalued pop songwriters. Working with Pnau's Nick Littlemore, he has cut back on the theatrics – though he can't quite stifle the odd falsetto shriek – and assembled buoyant electro swirls and layers into plush club-pop. It's arresting enough that he needn't have hauled in Pharrell Williams to mutter a verse on Celebrate (and his rap duet with Priscilla Renea on Popular will live on as one of his more incongruous encounters). The whole thing was inspired by his happily-in-love status, which just goes to show that joy doesn't always kill creativity. Edited October 5, 2012 by robertina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naectegale Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Good one (and a link on the page to a new book about Thomas ades - that's on my Xmas list now ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 we've opened a new thread for critics, pls, post there! http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3813343&posted=1#post3813343 I'm closing this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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