David Holmes made one of 2021's biggest singles and now he's making a claim at doing the same for 2022. It's Over, If We Run Out Of Love came out on Monday, a Valentine's Day release, and it's a massive sounding, button pushing, soaring ode to youth and love. There's a sense of euphoria in the opening keyboard stabs, some big 80s sounding chords and then a juddering drumbeat. Raven Violet is on vocals again, a 60s sounding voice pitched into the 21st century on the song. David's Unloved band do that Sixties But Now sound so well and it's a sound he's drawing from here but it's bigger, with an end of the night, last song before the lights come on feel.
The video (by Douglas Hart) celebrates the youth cults of the 20th century, the punks and the ravers, the rastas, rudies, mods and skins, the goths and rockers, the scooterists and the teds. It's all very much what we need right now. As Raven sings, 'I remember when we young/ They said the people's day would surely come'. The time has come.
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I may be the only one, but I'm getting this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy88-5pc7c8
Interesting. Hadn't heard that in it Jesse but can now you've mentioned it. I was getting something mid- 80s but can't put my finger on it yet.
Getting a bit of Roadrunner but probably wouldn't have done without it being pointed out. Getting a hint of Transvision Vamp too
"that Sixties But Now Sound" is a genius phrase.
One of those rare instances when the video makes the song even better. Thanks for putting up.
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