OMD, one of the best New Wave acts of the \u201880s, has returned with their third reunion record, and while it doesn\u2019t quite reach the heights of some of their best work, there are still quite a few winners to choose from.<\/p>\n
The title track will immediately remind people of the OMD of old: very spry and upbeat, it will certainly leave the listener with a nice skip in their step. \u201cIsotype\u201d is one of their more experimental tracks that still comes off well. It\u2019s quite nice to see after all these years and history that they still have it and haven\u2019t really lost a step.<\/p>\n
One song here a lmost brings things to a grinding halt: \u201cAs We Open, So We Close\u201d has a bit of an EDM feel to it, which doesn\u2019t lend much to the overall proceedings. The vocals, however, courtesy of Andy McCluskey, are outstanding as always and help to outshine the oddball musical proceedings going on in the background. \u201cArt Eats Art\u201d is just boring, plain and simple. It\u2019s very dull , lacking in life and charm, and it is one that should\u2019ve definitely been a B-side.<\/p>\n
\u201cGhost Star\u201d is one of those songs that goes on just a bit too long and doesn\u2019t really seem to go anywhere. It just kind of sits there waiting to get started and never gets to its destination. \u201cOne More Time,\u201d on the other hand, is a fantastic, amazing pop song. It\u2019s almost a classic for the ages, one of their best songs that should be enjoyed endlessly.<\/p>\n
Overall, the record is decent. It is not one of the band\u2019s best, but like every single one of their previous discs, there\u2019s enough here to recommend and at least one track that everyone will be able to enjoy. And isn\u2019t that what everyone wants \u2013 at least one great song?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7623],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-45078","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45078"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}