World, You Need a Change of Mind

On his debut Kindness LP, the buzzy UK songwriter Adam Bainbridge offers washed-out new wave, strobing disco, lite funk, atmospheric balladry, and a couple unexpected covers.

[a]Kindness[/a] – aka Adam Bainbridge – appeared in August 2009 with a wicked cover of The Replacements’ ‘Swingin’ Party’, then vanished.

Discover World, You Need a Change of Mind by Kindness released in 2012. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

Is anyone making babies to Prince's music these days?

<p>Disco dances cheek to cheek with Anita Dobson on Adam Bainbridge's sterile chillwave set, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>

<p>This hard-to-pin-down collision of chillwave, disco and AOR is almost too stylish, but has some lovely moments, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong></p>

With that context, saying World, You Need a Change of Mind, the debut album of UK act Kindness, may be a bit harsh, but it’s what the music of Adam Bainbridge comes off as.