Day Glo (Based on a True Story) Press & Reviews
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:10 am
The Scotsman
Erasure take artistic recycling to admirable lengths on Day-Glo (Based On a True Story), a collection reworking elements of their underwhelming 2020 release The Neon, an album which has already been repurposed as The Neon Remixed. This time round Vince Clarke excavates a more compelling collage of sound around which singer Andy Bell can explore his more esoteric vocal impulses with wordless chants and incantations buried in the moody synth mix. Based on a True Story exudes a John Carpenteresque foreboding, while Bop Beat teams cut-up vocals and a crunchy techno beat. Intriguing and atmospheric though this is, Bell and Clarke cannot help but gravitate towards a tune, and the stately electro baroque of Harbour of My Heart and mid-paced melodrama of 3 Strikes and You’re Out are more conventionally structured pieces.
Erasure take artistic recycling to admirable lengths on Day-Glo (Based On a True Story), a collection reworking elements of their underwhelming 2020 release The Neon, an album which has already been repurposed as The Neon Remixed. This time round Vince Clarke excavates a more compelling collage of sound around which singer Andy Bell can explore his more esoteric vocal impulses with wordless chants and incantations buried in the moody synth mix. Based on a True Story exudes a John Carpenteresque foreboding, while Bop Beat teams cut-up vocals and a crunchy techno beat. Intriguing and atmospheric though this is, Bell and Clarke cannot help but gravitate towards a tune, and the stately electro baroque of Harbour of My Heart and mid-paced melodrama of 3 Strikes and You’re Out are more conventionally structured pieces.
