Is it bollocks. ‘Tacky, camp and glamorous, ‘Sunglasses At Night’ is the perfect antidote to dad house, flu rock, ‘Pop Idol’ and every other blight on the current pop landscape.’ Or so says NME.
Spurred on by similar reviews published in the so-called popular press, I listened to this on the listening post at a well-known Megastore near me (and probably near you too). I found it to be a load of retro toss. And given that what Mr NME calls ‘dad rock’ and ‘flu rock’, let alone Pop Idol, are regularly berated for being similarly mired in the past, how can this be an antidote? Trying to live in one past moment rather than another is still trying to live in the sodding past.
(I also listened to and then bought the Tweet single, in case you’re wondering. It’s nearly as good as what people are saying about it.)