Metronomy

2011 has been a big year for Metronomy: They were nominated for one of the prestigious awards in music – the Mercury Music Prize, headlined a sold out show at one of the most impressive venues in London – The Royal Albert Hall and boast one of the year’s most critically acclaimed albums.
The metronome is not a device known for its deviation. It strikes a predictable, functional pattern. Each time Metronomy release an album, on the other hand, there is a scorched earth change of pace and tone. Yet the pulse never disappears, it just reanimates for a brand new dancefloor.
Their third album is the brilliant English Riveria. The idea of The English Riviera connects Mount and co. with the chunk of the South West coastline near to where he grew up. It is a belting, unashamed pop album, a gorgeous record full of languid, sunset funk songs, which has propelled Metronomy even further than they have travelled thus far. The gorgeous ‘Everything Goes My Way’, featuring the voice of Roxanne Clifford of Veronica Falls, is an understated summer classic.  The organ hook that defines first single ‘The Look’ burrows into your head and doesn’t leave. Crucially too, it is an album that is even more danceable than its predecessor.