Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot

[Humanracin]

I'm also not a big fan of Olly's voice but I love it regardless.
Neil sounds amazing, something about his voice and the 80s style production makes it sound like a long lost classic from the Actually era.

Here's the lyric video:

 

[moorje]

Are there going to be advance/priority tickets available for the 2020 tour or is it general sale only on Friday?

 

[ManilaChinchilla]

I'm here for this sounding eerily like the exact opening to Rozalla's 'Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)'.

 

[Carlo]

CD and vinyl available for pre-order on their website: https://www.petshopboysshop.co.uk (no artwork yet)

 

[moorje]

CD and vinyl available for pre-order on their website: https://www.petshopboysshop.co.uk (no artwork yet)

It wouldn't surprise me if the placeholder IS the artwork!

 

[Deleted member 6896]

I am depressingly finding this song a snooze fest.

 

[Future Lover]

Someone mentioned "Tracks" as an album title suggestion - I would totally be here for that!

 

[Carlo]

Is this image new? I like the mood, it's nicer than some other recent photography of them

 

[ManilaChinchilla]

Chris never seems to age...like at all.

 

[Deleted member 304]

Someone mentioned "Tracks" as an album title suggestion - I would totally be here for that!

Imagine if over the course of the last 7 years they identified tracks which sounded like they would fit onto a hits compilation and kept them back for the final part of the trilogy

 

[Inland Empire]

Dreamland is...kind of a letdown. Neil and Olly's voices don't work together at all, and I get that the production is supposed to sound 80s but it just sounds cheap and dated. There's a way to do throwbacks that don't sound like they're stuck in the past (e.g. Axis, Burn, Up In Flames by Years & Years), and this isn't it.

I gotta say though, I really hope the "placeholder" title and cover are in fact the actual title and cover. The artwork for Electric and Super looked like they had no effort put into them at all, so it'd be iconic for them to...literally not put any effort into the final part of the trilogy.

 

[moorje]

Chris never seems to age...like at all.

It's not hard when he only shows 25% of his face.

 

[Vasilios]

Yeah we literally only see his chin.

 

[Spiceboy1]

I want to be a Pet Shop Boy when I grow up.

Hopefully only Chris Lowe

 

[SlowBurn]

Is it just me or does the mastering sound a bit muddy?

 

[Spiceboy1]

Chris never seems to age...like at all.

He has a great stylist :o)

 

[Spiceboy1]

I hope Dreamland is a grower, preferred the MUSIK EP, although it's also much better than anything on Agenda.

 

[moorje]

He has a great stylist :o)

Is it the same one as Kate Bush?

 

[Deleted member 6896]

Just tried another few listens - it starts out 80s-ish with that generic synth but then it turns into some kind of 2000s dance pop house thing. I'm sure they have worked hard on it but it would be better if it was just Neil singing, Ollie's voice is probably more suited to house (Play is a great tune).

Dreamland reminds me of Summer Of Love by Steps (the latter is better)

 

[ManilaChinchilla]

Yeah we literally only see his chin.

Woof