catalogue

HURRY

DON'T LOOK BACK (PURPLE & BLUE SPLATTER VINYL) (LAME-O RECORDS)

HURRY - DON'T LOOK BACK (PURPLE & BLUE SPLATTER VINYL) 159534
format:
1 LP
release:
11.08.2023
label:
LAME-O RECORDS
item ID:
159534
barcode:
0810097914452
Purple w/ Blue Splatter vinyl Hurry has grafted the best qualities of '90s bubblegum power pop-the pitch-perfect songwriting, the pop-rock sheen, the borderline saccharine vocal melodies-onto something far more raw and emotionally resonant.

Don't Look Back is striking in its tenderness and candor-approximately half of the lyrics on the record concern the deterioration of an 11-year relationship Scottoline was in, with the other half being a celebration of new love.

The first words Scottoline sings, in opening track "Didn't Have to Try," is essentially a statement of theme: "And we're back at the beginning / Never thought I'd see a face like that again / It attacks when we're not ready / And I won't play it safe this time." This is pop music about actual feelings which means it's automatically better than most pop music.

It is challenging and addictive. There is not a single moment on Don't Look Back that isn't completely drenched in melody and emotion.

"Parallel Haunting" evokes the tuneful ache of golden age Evan Dando; "Little Brain" sounds like golden age Evan Dando and golden age Noel Gallagher.

Don't Look Back is, in a word, bittersweet, with melodies that feel like a jackhammer on your brain's pleasure center and lyrics that feel like getting slapped in the heart.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. DIDN'T HAVE TO TRY
  • 1.2. LIKE I LOVED YOU
  • 1.3. BEGGIN' FOR YOU
  • 1.4. PARALLEL HAUNTING
  • 1.5. SOMETHING MORE
  • 1.6. LITTLE BRAIN
  • 1.7. NO PATIENCE
  • 1.8. AROUND MY HEART
  • 1.9. FOR US TO FIND LOVE
  • 1.10. THE PUNCHLINE