Description
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 it”s 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.
- 1 Didn”t Have to Try
- 2 Like I Loved You
- 3 Beggin” for You
- 4 Parallel Haunting
- 5 Something More
- 6 Little Brain
- 7 No Patience
- 8 Around My Heart
- 9 For Us to Find Love
- 10 The Punchline
