Lush live album from prog-pop veterans, with four splendid new studio tracks.
When Tears For Fears returned after a long absence with 2022’s triumphant The Tipping Point, that album reiterated their ability to go big without going over the top. It revelled in massive production, epic songs and copious emoting, yet pulled off the duo’s time-honoured trick of making music with colossal ambition easily digestible. Pop music, but in its highest form.
“When treading the boards they know how to let rip.” Now re-energised, despite an increase in grey hair, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith have released a live album with four brand-new tracks. Such mix-and-match projects can feel a bit ungainly, as if the new songs are bolted on just to tempt hesitant voters. Such is the sumptuousness, however,…
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Prog Italia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 155