Malcolm Middleton - Fuck It, I Love You
Happiness is a fragile commodity, always at risk of being shattered by the heavy boulders of the singer's habitual self-doubt.
| 11 Apr 2007
Single title:
Fuck It, I Love You
Artist:
Malcolm Middleton
Label:
Full Time Hobby
Taken from A Brighter Beat, the album which validates his post-Strap solo status with wonderful aplomb, Fuck it, I Love You is a fine illustration of the type of 'pop' song Middleton is now patenting as his own. Typically, happiness is a fragile commodity, always at risk of being shattered by the heavy boulders of the singer's habitual self-doubt.
Musically, this translates into a striking alternation between a bright glockenspiel-tinged chorus and a minor-key riff which accompanies the mandatory angst: "When are you coming home? Don't wanna be alone." And just when the song has done enough to convince you that poor Middleton deserves his happiness, a crashing guitar-synth bridge batters all wishy-washiness into submission. It's arresting, but it conveys much more than a mere text. This Scottish male evidently has no problem expressing himself. [Nick Mitchell]
Release Date: 2 April
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