BOO (Battery
Operated Orchestra) – Yesterday Tomorrow And You
CD / DL
Out Now
Indie electropop duo
return with their brand new album.
Sixteen tracks make
up Yesterday Tomorrow And You. You may
imagine that there would be filler, tracks shorter than a Boris Johnson promise
or, bizarre instrumentals – you’d be very wrong. What Battery Operated Orchestra have created
here is nothing short of the pinnacle of their career to date. To the uninitiated, it would almost sound
like a Greatest Hits collection such is the quality of content on display.
It’s over two years
since the release of their last album Snare (see review here), an album of the
year contender for many a synth pop fan.
It exposed the dangers of nostalgia and comfort all wrapped up in clever
pop parcels.
Written and recorded
before and during the first UK lockdown, Yesterday Tomorrow And You is a
triumph. Combining rock, Goth, glam and pop is no mean feat but Brigitte Rose
and Chris Black manage to knit them together into a marvelously cohesive end
product. New single Lady Megawatt is
pure pop, taking a lead from Goldfrapp (Ooh La La), it brings us moonstomp drumbeats
and deep basslines and more importantly, a pop song that is nothing short of
perfection. You are hereby challenged
not to tap your feet.
Brigitte’s vocals
sound more confident than ever – imagine Lene Lovich blurred into Kylie with a
hint of Alison Goldfrapp – and back Chris’ synth work which is a combination of
sharp percussion and vintage analogue sprinkled with a dusting of Vince Clarke
magic. Like Erasure, BOO have hit some
superb form with their new album which also boasts the singles The Getaway and
The Dissolve, which provided two quite diverse sides to their sound.
World Over sees
Black take over on lead vocals in a track that hints at A-ha’s Take On Me at
times – quite an accolade – it’s poppy pop-pop all the way as the relentlessly
high paced beat pounds from beginning to end before being joined by Rose as the
song closes.
Yesterday Tomorrow
And You ends with the albums lone instrumental the quite gorgeous Ima, with far
eastern touches and gentle swathes of sound.
It’s calming and stirring at the same time and acts as a beautiful
overture to a quite remarkable album.
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