Noisettes - Contact


Yet another cog in my wheel of 2009 flavours returning with new material, the Noisettes had that brief period where Don't Upset the Rhythm was everyone's favourite advert song. This accolade, of course, isn't all that - for most UK recipients it either results in irritation (see: Here Come the Girls) or one-hit-wonders (see: Room 5/Oliver Cheatham). The Noisettes, however, offered a little more promise; an enigmatic and stand-out frontwoman in Shingai Shoniwa, and an album with more than one potential hit.

Whilst they were arguably an indie-pop band back in those days, that claim can be rather summarily tossed out of the nearest window now. Contact, their third album, even from its garish artwork, is unashamedly pop - and sees Shoniwa veering a little from her traditional soul vocals to a range of hooks and gimmicks that'll irritate as many as those it'll please.



some of the songs are nice some of them are boring none of them are as good as Never Forget You


I think that's all you need to hear

Rating: 5/10
Highlights: Travelling Light, I Want You Back, Let the Music Play, Free, Star, Contact
Avoid: Winner, Ragtop Car, That Girl

Artwork Watch: That's enough of the Olympics theme now thank you.
Up next: The Vaccines  

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