#1221 Grouplove - Spreading Rumours

Grabs from everywhere it can to make maximalist pop, full of shoutalong anthems, angular guitars, and electronic flourishes - it's Matt and Kim gone big. There's something a bit obvious about some of the moves, like they're following the map of the human jump-jump response, with some of that Polyphonic victory-through-numbers strategizing, but I'm not a jaded old shell just yet: I like it, it's got some of that giveafuck Dananananakroyd energy. By the end it's dragging, you can only fire afterburners for so long before it just feels like a commute, but that acceleration's a thrill, full of blastoffs and two-wheeled turns 4/5