{"id":9876,"date":"2012-05-02T16:47:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T15:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/album-review-magic-hour-by-scissor-sisters\/"},"modified":"2012-05-02T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T15:47:34","slug":"album-review-magic-hour-by-scissor-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/album-review-magic-hour-by-scissor-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: &#8220;Magic Hour&#8221; by Scissor Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MagicHourCover\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345206e269e201630511c88a970d\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/zxl\/6a00d8345206e269e201630511c88a970d-500wi.jpeg\" title=\"MagicHourCover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Jordan Meehan and Raj Rudolph<br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes! Finally! We\u2019ve finally heard the new <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong> album <strong>Magic Hour<\/strong>! I\u2019ve been waiting to hear this one for quite some time now and I had some pretty high expectations for this album. Were my expectations met? Well let\u2019s break it down track by track\u2026<strong>&#0160;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Baby Come Home<\/strong> \u2013 This track opens up with a whole lot of funk that instantly reminds you of the <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong> that we\u2019ve all come to know and love. &#0160;It continues on with a funk sound into a big, vocally layered chorus that kicks in with a retro disco sound. This is a really great track to start the album off with; it has that familiar <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong> sound while still bringing some new flair to the table.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Your Shoes On<\/strong> \u2013 Alright, I\u2019m just gonna come out and say this, take it as you will, but this song reminds me of <strong>Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s <\/strong>\u201c<strong>Run the World (Girls)<\/strong>\u201d but is a million times better. When you hear the chorus of this track, you\u2019ll understand. It\u2019s very percussion focused and has a militaristic marching beat that just makes you want to dance.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inevitable<\/strong> \u2013 The album slows down a little bit with this track. <strong>Inevitable <\/strong>is a good mid-tempo track with verses that sound a bit like plastic soul <strong>Bowie<\/strong>, which transition into a bigger, more Motown sounding chorus about the inevitability of seeing \u201canother spring again.\u201d This track has 70s flair written all over it and I absolutely love it.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E3m-XH1Kij0\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only The Horses<\/strong> \u2013 All right, by now we\u2019ve all already heard this one and you all better love it as much as I do. This track was the one that made me really excited for the new album (<strong>Shady Love <\/strong>had to grow on me, and it has!). This song got a lot of flack from some fans that claimed it was too mainstream pop and, while that\u2019s a fair claim, since it was produced by <strong>Calvin Harris<\/strong>, who seems to be producing every top 10 pop hit these days. However, I still think that the sound of this track strikes a good balance between the classic <strong>Scissor Sisters <\/strong>sound and a newer, different sound. It\u2019s a stellar dance pop track with some amazing vocals and remains one of my favorites from the album. I really didn\u2019t intend to say this much about this song. Oops.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year of Living Dangerously<\/strong> \u2013 Another mid-tempo track here. It\u2019s a bit like <strong>Inevitable<\/strong>, but with a different sound. It\u2019s sort of like we\u2019ve changed decades with this one. A bit of an 80s feel with some futuristic sounds thrown in for good effect. We even get a real good dose of <strong>Jake Shears<\/strong> amazing falsetto and some string instruments! Recipe for success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s Have a Kiki<\/strong> \u2013 It\u2019s literally impossible to dislike this song. We all need a good Kiki every now and then. This track is pretty much all spoken, starting off with a voicemail since Pickles doesn\u2019t seem to want to answer his phone. Rude, right? Oh well. It turns into a really fun tribal feeling dance track just begging to be remixed and thrown onto a Friday night playlist.<strong>&#0160;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shady Love &#8212;<\/strong> As I said earlier, it took a little while for this song to grow on me. I didn\u2019t listen to it much when it first came out, but now I really like it. This is another one of those songs that mixes older <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong> sounds with new ones. It\u2019s a bit of industrial electro mixed with dance pop and a little bit of a hip-hop feel thrown in for good measure. But again, we\u2019ve all already heard this one and formed our opinions on it, so moving right along\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0T5-PDeJ7c\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Luis Obispo \u2013<\/strong> This one is quite upbeat and carefree sounding. It\u2019s got some guitar and a light air to it and it\u2019s a really enjoyable listen. While it\u2019s a good song, it doesn\u2019t really seem to fit in with the rest of the songs surrounding it, and it seems like more of a transition song into the end of the album.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Self Control<\/strong> \u2013 This one might be one of my favorite tracks on the album. It\u2019s not quite as big of a dance track as <strong>Shady Love<\/strong> or <strong>Only the Horses<\/strong>, but it\u2019s got a sleek, driving beat and is a great dance track in its own right with some great electro pieces thrown in. I\u2019d like a music video for this one, please.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best In Me<\/strong> \u2013 With the way this track starts out, you wouldn\u2019t expect the lyrics to be so sweet. It starts off talking about writing a new song, which may or may not be played on MTV and goes into a simple but great song with really sweet lyrics (and a kickass beat) about a significant other.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Secret Life of Letters<\/strong> \u2013 I might be way off base here, but this one sounds like it was inspired a bit by <strong>Depeche Mode<\/strong> in some ways. Regardless, this one slows it down again with as close to a ballad as you\u2019ll find on this album. I don\u2019t know if I would call this one a stand out track, but it\u2019s still quite good and certainly not one you\u2019d want to skip over.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Somewhere<\/strong> \u2013 All right, kids. I\u2019m deeming this one the best song on the album. The verses have a driving beat and build up into a big, stellar chorus that instantly swells with sound and layered vocal harmonies and an air of bittersweet sentiment. This track really is the perfect closing track for such an album, with really hopeful lyrics and an overall incredible sound.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Artworks-000022271983-mrr2ba-original\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345206e269e2016766053782970b\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/zxl\/6a00d8345206e269e2016766053782970b-500wi.jpeg\" title=\"Artworks-000022271983-mrr2ba-original\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Matronic\u2019s Magic Message \u2013<\/strong> Pickles, why won\u2019t you answer your phone? What could you possibly be doing for so long? Anyway, this is only a 27 second message that kind of ends the album and introduces a bonus track.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuck Yeah (Bonus Track) \u2013<\/strong> I just love that they threw a song on the album called <strong>Fuck Yeah.<\/strong> This one is kind of the perfect encore for this album: it\u2019s carefree, fun and just a really great dance track that really brings back the well-known <strong>Scissor Sisters <\/strong>sound.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Overall, <strong>Magic Hour<\/strong> is an incredible pop album and a great follow up to <strong>Night Work<\/strong>. Hardcore fans need not worry about the <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong> moving away from their niche due to new producers and collaborations. If anything, the new collaborations have made an even better sound than they\u2019ve produced before, as the <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong>&#0160;continue to effortlessly mash up a plethora of different styles, genres and sounds into one perfect pop package. One of the best albums so far this year? Oh yes, I would certainly say so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magic Hour<\/strong> is due out for release on May 28<sup>th<\/sup>. If you\u2019re in London, you can also catch the <strong>Scissor Sisters<\/strong> at Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire on May 16<sup>th<\/sup> and 17<sup>th<\/sup>! Also, free tickets to <strong>Poptronik Festival<\/strong> to the first person that can tell me why Pickles keeps ignoring his phone calls. Now if you\u2019ll excuse me, I\u2019m going to go have myself a Kiki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jordan Meehan and Raj Rudolph Yes! Finally! We\u2019ve finally heard the new Scissor Sisters album Magic Hour! I\u2019ve been waiting to hear this one for quite some time now and I had some pretty high expectations for this album. Were my expectations met? 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