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WAS IT WORTH IT, SEVERING THE TIES?
Updated with reviews.
LELT'S DANCE ALONG!
Updated with reviews.
Tells the story of a girl left behind in Kilkenny. She’s spent years waiting for him to return, we’re told; presumably she’s oblivious to the existence in Ireland of train routes, driving tests or text messages. The overall effect doesn’t prompt folkloric nostalgia, but mild nausea.
- The Guardian
Basically a little Irish ditty but done in such a specific ABBA way. Has so much nostalgia running through it, and wow I can’t get over how much the girls still sound like ABBA when they’re singing together.
- Pingu
Pop matters to ABBA because people and feelings matter. But ABBA know that pop can also be ridiculous, and it is a relief to find that the band haven’t jettisoned the outlandishness that marked some of their best material, even as they reflect on the passing of the years. “WYDWM,” the very second track here, is a crossover between pop and Celtic jig that even Ed Sheeran’s “Galway Girl” might consider just a bit too much.
- Pitchfork
Has the kind of gorgeously autumnal quality of Knowing Me and When All Is Said And Done with a slightly bitter edge. I can see Frida still standing on that rocky outcrop.
- HerSereneHighnessAnniFrid
OOOOHH what an intro, very jiggy, sort of reminds me of that Highland song from… Highland? Someone Swedish anyway.
It’s short! Is this a bitch track? The vocals are quite upbeat considering how BYE BITCH it comes across
- Diddy
The elimination of 'When You Danced With Me' is in fairness an error which we will all have to answer for in time.
- dmlaw
I was a little taken aback at how JANUTY this was on first listen but I have loved it since second listen. The lyrics are actually quite emotional and really tap into a 'what could have been' feeling of longing. And of course the tune is such FUN!
- Iguana
The melodies are undeniable, but it’s hard not to wonder why four Swedes who haven’t made music together in 40 years are singing about a village fair in Kilkenny.
- New Musical Express
Get those DIASPORA STREAMS!
- lolly
LELT'S DANCE ALONG!
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