Ten Records – April 8th
It’s been four years since Niki & The Dove left us without a dope beat to step to. The Swedish duo hit hard with electropop stomper ‘The Drummer’, but their full-length debut struggled to match its impact. Everybody’s Heart Is Broken Now fairs better than its predecessor by taking an emancipatory trip to early-80s Manhattan. R&B and disco influences abound on tracks like the life-giving ‘You Stole My Heart Away’ and the lavish, Michael Jackson-esque ‘Play It On My Radio’. Sure, the sonic references are heavy, but the ascendant, seven-minute closer ‘Ode To The Dancefloor’, with its refrain, “Leave me in the glow with you”, serves as a rapturous love note to the night, as well as the overwhelming feeling once the record closes.
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