Morcheeba – Blood Like Lemonade
[PIAS, 2010]
The seventh album of British trip-hop band Morcheeba has a very speaking summer name. It’s about lemonade, but at the same time without extra fun – with all the thickness that blood can bring. Very much in the vampiric trend of the modern culture, producing more and more vampire TV shows and movies – glamorous and hypnotizing. Morcheeba’s music is still as seductive as it was years ago. The return of Skye Edwards only makes it better. Gloomy chords and sweet vocals of a nymph go great together. Yes, probably, the best songs have already been sung, but thanks for not stopping to write music. Crimson is tender as a chocolate melting on the lips. Even Though is fluid and flexible. Recipe For Disaster is dark and mysterious (“Wannt know why there’s a dead guy in my room?”). All the beaty of a downtempo relaxes and brings summer mood in every minute of being within the album. Paul Godfrey comments on the album: “This is the record we should have made after Big Calm, but we had to travel treacherous terrains to get back to our natural habitat.” Don’t know how treacherous they were, but Blood Like Lemonade fully meets your expectations and overdelivers. A right kind of relaxing and summer atmosphere.
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