Steps

They more or less confirmed it getting a video on the Track By Track podcast (Patreon exclusive at the moment). It doesn't sound like it was filmed on the "Ride" weekend so there's still hope that Faye's dress was for a The Slightest Touch video or performance.
Any other titbits of information from that podcast? 1
 
Does To The Beat Of My Heart (Shortland Tropical Mix) sample It's The Way You Make Me Feel at the start? The chord progression is very similar, especially from the Sleazesisters version.
 
Part 2 is slowly clicking with me.
Part 1 and I had an instant connection. Maybe they were taking more risks with that one?
Part 2 does seem very #Steps By Numbers" and although it's cohesive it lacks and overall "album feel", just like a collection of songs thrown together..
That being said it is still growing on me and there are some great key moments on it.
It's just lacking "something" and I can't put my finger on it.
 
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Faye was trying to be modest and not acknowledge A Hundred Years being a single nor them performing The Slightest Touch together but Lisa in the background basically said "yes we're doing that... Yes we did that."
I'm finding the imagery of this happening very funny for some reason. Lisa's head just popping up behind Faye, nodding enthusiastically. Bless her.

Part 2 is slowly clicking with me.
Part 1 and I had an instant connection. Maybe they were taking more risks with that one?
Part 2 does seem very #Steps By Numbers" and although it's cohesive it lacks and overall "album feel", just like a collection of songs thrown together..
That being said it is still growing on me and there are some great key moments on it.
It's just lacking "something" and I can't put my finger on it.
This is exactly how I feel. Some of the tracks are too "Steps 101" to me, to the point they're clinical and almost joyless at the moment.

I'm hoping that some of them will just click one day and I'll hear something a bit different than I'm hearing now. But this to me does sound like an album of additional tracks that didn't make the main album, for good reason. Apart from The Slightest Touch, obviously. And Winter, that's really great.
 
To be fair, the Deluxe is very heavy with PT. 1 remixes so I can imagine there are a few PT. 2 remixes hidden/held back in the vaults somewhere for a night in/night out type release.
It would be great for them to push another physical item as well as digital releases too.

What's today's #Steptember!?
 
And also as the style of both parts are very similar and there are still Part 1 Remixes and Acoustics attached to Part 2.
I can't help but feel a little bit sorry for Part 2 and I feel it would always need Part 1 to "hold hands with", from the start it's never been able to truly shine on it's own.
It's kinda a strange halfway house between a deluxe and a stand alone album.

Yet the fact that it is officially a stand alone album does wonders for thier discography. And I can actually see a lot of these new tracks live. And as they say "a great problem to have" with deciding a setlist. As if it weren't impossible before...
 
I'm in the minority it seems, but on the whole part two has been a more instant click with me.

Part 1 I took a while to click with Clouds, To The Beat, Dont You Leave Me Halfway, To The One and Hold My Heart (and took a while for me to even get round to liking Under My Skin)

Part 2 I find myself skipping less and liking every song.

Yes, Part 1 may have had the title track, Something in your Eyes, Father's Eyes and One Touch which were my highlights, but so far, with part 2 I hear something different with every play of every track. High, took a while to get there, and considering how far into the album it is, I love Kiss Of Life.
 

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