Years & Years

Week 4: Years & Years- Night Call

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This will be a short review. I have never been a fan of the band, which is a great shame because, as a person, I like Olly Alexander. During the Lockdown Edition of Later…with Jools Holland, he spoke to Jools and gave reasons for selecting certain songs. These are songs that surprised me when you consider his age. There were some rather bizarre choices of bands from before he was even born. He came across as warm and spoke about the songs as if he was there before he even came to exist. I had a lot of respect for him after.


A lot of water has passed under the bridge since their last album in 2018. It is no longer a band but a solo moniker for Olly. I ended up zoning out or skipping tracks on the record. My interest didn’t pique until the tracks with Kylie and the version of ‘It’s a Sin’, which also features on Elton John’s album released last year.’A Second to Midnight’ and ‘Starstruck’ are phenomenal uplifting tracks and make you want to go out and find the nearest dancefloor to enjoy yourself. I loved the club feel to them. Of course, ‘It’s a Sin’ is excellent, as I mentioned in Elton’s review, so there is nothing more to say. It’s a shame the rest of the album was generic pop.




Song recommendations: ‘Starstruck’, ‘A Second to Midnight’, ‘It’s a Sin’




3/10