Cornershop
Handcream For A Generation

THE REVIEW

"Miami Beach, Chicks with Dicks!!!" Wha Hooo! You feel like shouting out Damon Albarn-style when you hear the new Cornershop album. Finally, something fresh, witty, and ironic without overdoing it, without radically distancing themselves from the past. In short, you can tell it's them even though the sitar and Indian instruments that made them famous are scarce. But what a zest for life they emanate!! The quote at the beginning of the review is from the single that preceded the album titled "Lessons learned from Rocky I to Rocky III," which, as often happens, is the least interesting of Tjinder Singh and company’s work. Defining the sound of this album as "new" is still challenging. It is undoubtedly retro, reminiscent of the vibe of the Village People or Donna Summer and winks at modern disco with some tracks (Music Plus). There are also self-references to "Brimful of Asha" (Staging the Plaguing...) and the legendary "Jullandar Shere" ("Spectral Mornings", a true masterpiece of the 2000s). A mix of fuzzy tunes and loops repeated endlessly in a somewhat obsessive manner, without unnecessarily insisting on Indian-sounding effects. For those collectors familiar with the side project called Clinton, this album seems to combine the thematic wanderings of the side project with Cornershop's solidity. The song "People Power" actually comes from Clinton. All this without being trivial, which nowadays seems to be the only weapon for standing out. Anyone who has heard the latest Oasis single knows what I mean. The only stylistic slip: song 6 in reggae style.