New Eyes
Album review: Clean Bandit - New Eyes. Magpie production makes for a mess of a debut album...
<p>Clean Bandit's colourful blend of old and new reflects the sound of inner-city life, writes <strong>Kate Mossman </strong></p>
<p>They think they can save dance music but have no hooks, songs or lyrics – just dodgy string arrangements, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
Anyone with more than a passing interest in the Radio One playlist will have been aware that 2013 was, without doubt, the year of Rudimental on Planet Pop. Hit singles, a massive album in Home and plenty of well-received festival and live performances followed and the accolades rolled in. In 2014, it looks like it is going to be Clean Bandit’s turn. January’s monster hit single, “Rather Be”, topped the UK charts for four weeks, they have just finished a hugely successful UK tour and it’s not even festival season yet, with its wall-to-wall TV coverage.