LP Review | Clean Bandit - New Eyes

Clean Bandit
New Eyes
Atlantic
Release date: May 30, 2014

By Shawal Ras
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Clean Bandit, a new group from UK, helmed as one of this year's breakthrough acts and their debut LP, New Eyes, is kinda awesome.

Known for fusing electronica with classical music elements, Clean Bandit finally released this LP after achieving tremendous success with their singles, such as 'Mozart's House', and their biggest single to date, 'Rather Be' (peaked at no.13 in the US Billboard 100). 

New Eyes, released back in May, is their introductory record to the world. There are various musical styles in this long play so it is kinda confusing to listen to for the first time (note: I was not a fan of them until I heard 'Rihanna', a song they recorded for the deluxe edition of this album - soooo good!).

But, honestly, I don't really hate it.

So, other than 'Rihanna', tracks like 'Mozart's House', 'Cologne', 'Extraordinary', 'Telephone Banking', 'Birch' and 'A+E' are some of my favourite titles from New Eyes. They're good and not so boring to the ears.

Sadly, 'Rather Be', is not my favourite track, even though Vimal Esvaren wrote the opposite in his review of the single. Sorry, Vim!

But, to be frank, this album does get a 'lil boring after a while even though the fusion of classic and new beats sounds pretty cool. Some of my friends told me it's hard for 'em to differentiate the songs when they're trying to recall what they love the most about New Eyes.

One word to explain this LP: Odd!

Anyway. Despite that comment, I'm strongly suggesting y'all to try and listen to this album. As usual, the Brits always have a way of capturing what I wanted to hear in an album and this one definitely got that extra appeal for mass distribution.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.