The release of “Fuse,” the new album from Everything But The Girl, last week was one long awaited by fans who had been dreaming of new music from the well-loved British duo. /PDI
In the weeks leading up to the album’s release, the duo periodically posted online behind-the-scenes photos and video clips of their early days, complete with interesting back stories that helped whet fans’ appetites.
“It felt like we were watering and nurturing seedings rather than a fully grown thing like it was in the old days. It almost felt like a first album again, which was actually good,” Watt said. Watt told the BBC that while they “try to write from something unencumbered, free and true,” they still have to take a step back and look at it, or in their case, listen to it, objectively.“There comes a point when you’re midway writing or producing and ask, ‘Is this relatable? Is this working? Will other people get something from this?’ You have to keep going through those sliding doors. To make it real, you have to step back,” he added.
Two of the tracks, “Run A Red Light” and “When You Mess Up,” feature Thorn’s auto-tuned voice that can be jarring especially in the latter, although you have to hand it to them for their willingness to try what musician Mark Ronson calls “that sad robot quality.” The last two tracks—“Interior Space” and “Karaoke”—are moody and atmospheric with the first incorporating a field recording of a beach in Wales, and the second about a trip Thorn takes to a karaoke bar in San Francisco that starts out “fairly humdrum” until one of the regulars shows up, sings Jennifer Hudson’s “Spotlight” and brings the house down.
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