Adele and the Chandeliers - Something Good Is Happening First Date (Orange Carpet Records, 2020)
Bopping Brisbane-through-and-through power pop and post-punk from the relatively new 3-piece Adele and the Chandeliers. Some moments of First Date bring to mind The B-52′s and The Motels, and others remind me one of my favourite Melbourne bands, Party Pest. All just touchstones, though - this album has its own thing going on entirely. Thankfully the lyrics and vocals are open and up the front for all to hear: I feel like I’ve been invited in to Adele’s world for a chat and I just want to sit and listen and sip my tea (and tap my foot).
Swimming With Sharks is another stand out for me from First Date, it could go on for days and I just wouldn’t mind. Love You More takes us back to the early 60s and out of our seats at just the right point, and closer How I Love My Sunday Mornings is perfectly placed, slowing it down and leaving you wanting more.
This album could have been complicated so easily by overdubs and overthinking. Instead, the songs are there and stripped bare and minimal, but complete. I’m on my 3rd listen now and I’m not sure when I’ll be able to stop.
“I feel it in my blood it’s what I feel”
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