Some songs are heavily 80s-influenced; some are just plain 80s. I’m never quite sure where the boundary lies between being inspirational and being a rip-off lies, but the music of Manchester duo Hurts flirts painfully close to the latter. First single Wonderful Life is classically emotional electropop, crying out for a remix, gaudily reminding of Ultravox and Joy Division, and effortless catchy despite syrupy sax sounds and expressionless vocals. The video’s great, too.
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11/12 2009
Hurts like the 80s
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