Paloma Faith's "Can't Rely On You" is the perfect Saturday night song to get you out of a slump.
I first read about the album it's off of (A Perfect Contradiction) in the new October issue of Curve magazine. Music reviewer Kelly McCartney calls the cd "a thinking woman's dance music."
Channeling a bit of Donna Summer with some Amy Winehouse and vintage Motown, A Perfect Contradiction's only fault is that it doesn't drop until its American release on October 7th. I don't think I can wait that long to buy the rest of it. "Can't Rely On You" has been on repeat several times tonight.
Nylon magazine also sings its praises:
It might be criminally early on a Wednesday morning, but we have just the thing to drag you out of bed....and that's Paloma Faith's new album! Musically or otherwise, the English singer, songwriter, and actress stands out in everything she does. It doesn't matter if she's performing or sitting front row at Burberry (which she did a few weeks ago), this is a lady who's hard to miss.
Her statement retro style, her two-tone hair and defined brows might catch your attention at first, but it's her seriously powerful voice that will keep you captivated. These chops are especially evident on her third LP, A Perfect Contradiction, which is stocked with irresistible dance numbers that have major heart. Drawing influence from R&B, disco, and soul, the slick release is a unique mishmash of eras and inspirations. They might be hard to pinpoint (Amy Winehouse? Billie Holliday? James Brown? The list goes on....), but this genre-skipping sensibility keeps things interesting.
Clearly we're not the only ones obsessed, because Faith enlisted Pharrell to lend his golden touch to the lead single, "Can't Rely On You." The spunky track is the perfect intro to the LP, which Faith describes as, "'if it's all gone to s***, f*** it, let's have a dance' kind of record."
You can listen to her right here:
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