Hurry - Don't Look Back - Purple/blue - VINYL LP

Hurry has grafted the best qualities of '90s bubblegum power pop-the pitch-perfect songwriting, the pop-rock sheen, the borderline saccharine vocal melodies-onto something far more raw and emotionally resonant. Don't Look Back is striking in it's tenderness and candor-approximately half of the lyrics on the record concern the deterioration of an 11-year relationship Scottoline was in, with the other half being a celebration of new love. The first words Scottoline sings, in opening track InchDidn't Have to Try,Inch is essentially a statement of theme InchAnd we're back at the beginning / Never thought I'd see a face like that again / It attacks when we're not ready / And I won't play it safe this time.Inch This is pop music about actual feelings which means it's automatically better than most pop music. It is challenging and addictive. There is not a single moment on Don't Look Back that isn't completely drenched in melody and emotion. InchParallel HauntingInch evokes the tuneful ache of golden age Evan Dando; InchLittle BrainInch sounds like golden age Evan Dando and golden age Noel Gallagher. Don't Look Back is, in a word, bittersweet, with melodies that feel like a jackhammer on your brain's pleasure center and lyrics that feel like getting slapped in the heart. Album Tracks 1. Didn't Have to Try 2. Like I Loved You 3. Beggin' for You 4. Parallel Haunting 5. Something More 6. Little Brain 7. No Patience 8. Around My Heart 9. For Us to Find Love 10. The Punchline