Mean love

"Mean Love stritter i alskens retninger, men holdes samtidig i fin snor af Gallab, der formår at flette de så forskellige impulser sammen til et overordentligt behageligt hele, der først og fremmest oser af fed soul og en svaghed for sofistikeret funk".

"Just seconds into the opener, How We Be, the music veers off into different sounds: a deep, Curtis Mayfield-esque groove; a delicate falsetto; a final layer of wind instrumentation that hints at Afrobeat. The concoctions continue as dub reggae is paired with steel guitar on Young Trouble, Tropicalia with torch song on Moonstruck and straight-up country on the title track. All this sonic collage might just seem like showing off if it weren't all put continuously to the service of the songs. Each track, often on the theme of soured love, has a simplicity and a directness that is characteristic of the best pop".

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"With its various exercises in genre bending, Mean Love could easily feel like a string of unofficial cover songs, but Gallab's wild combinations feel much more curious and sincere than that. A true obsession with sound comes through on Mean Love, and regardless of the mode Gallab finds himself in at any given moment, stellar production and heartfelt songwriting keep the album engaging and beautiful at every turn".

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