Electro
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Pale Blue 'Comes Home/Have You Walked Through This Night' (Me Me Me)
Pale Blue is the new alias for Mike Simonetti and Elizabeth Wight, and their first release has found a home on Maw Power’s ever-impressive Me Me Me imprint. ‘Have You Passed Through This Night’ is raw and daring, with Wight’s airy vocals reminiscent of early electro pioneer Miss Kitten; electro is often about bangers, but Pale Blue prove that emotion is just as intoxicating as raw energy with their serenading of each other. ‘Comes Home’ flips between a swirling dream state (buoyed by Wight’s mesmerising vocals) and propulsive electronica thanks to Simonetti’s choice of cascading synths and string arrangements. To finish, Spanish don Pional delivers a remix of ‘Come Home’ that captures the original’s lucid timbre while adding his own acidic twist, with Wight’s vocals pulsing in the background like a distant lighthouse.
9/10
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