Brotherhood

Manchester\'s most versatile New Wave act reinvented itself once again on 1986\'s *Brotherhood*, trading in the wintry synth-pop of *Low-Life* for enveloping electric and acoustic guitars, a muscular drum attack, and driving bass melodies. Bernard Sumner\'s vocals had never sounded so hummable—or so sure-footed. The joyous \"Bizarre Love Triangle\" is a love letter to the dance floor written in slap-bass and Fairlight stabs, and the album\'s final stretch is a dreamy come-down of beats and synths capped by \"Every Little Counts,\" a charming electronic lullaby.

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