Album Review

Age of Consent – Heatrbreak

• 11th Jun 2012

If I was in the habit of concucting ludicrous genre labels to please my own reviewing needs, I may very well file Heartbreak under ‘bleak sci-fi nostalgia pop’.

Thankfully for all involved, I won’t.

But it would give you the briefest insight into exactly what we are dealing with on Age of Consent’s latest single.

The most concise comparisons I could make in order to convey their sound is to imagine the polished retro sound of La Roux colliding head on with Vangelis’ dystopian Blade Runner score.

Chuck in the electro melodics of Metronomy and we should be just about there, and if you can’t quite grasp how this would sound (here’s a bigger hint, it sounds bloody good) then it is well worth investigating for yourself.

As if they themselves are the ambassadors of the future of pop music, Heartbreak is released as a forward thinking ‘pay-what-you-want’ format, bundled with a cover of Suicide’s Ghost Rider and a heap of remixes, allowing you to invest as much (or as little) as you want into the discovery of bleak sci-fi nostalgia pop’s newest sensations.

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