Sorry, Heels – She (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dark-Wave, Wave-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: “She” is the second album by the Italian formation Sorry, Heels. The work was released in 2021 and is the band’s second full-length. “She” is ‘dedicated to the love journey of a woman who faces infatuation, falling in love, disappointment and frustration.’
Content: “She” reveals two sides. You first get dark, evasive songs which are a bit Minimal-Electro like with deep, sensual female vocals on top. Next there’s a harder side driven by deep, vibrating bass lines reminding me of the glorious days of 80s Dark-Wave music.
+ + + : There’s a great duality running through this album. The vocals are ultra-sensual while the music sounds dark. Both elements together create a perfect balance. Especially the debut part of the work reveals outstanding cuts. “She Burns” is a true attention grabber but I also have to mention “The End Of Desire” which is the final song of the album.
– – – : The harder side emerging at “The Spell’s Ballad” and “Something Real” is not the most convincing part of the work.
Conclusion: “She” is a dark, sensual piece reflecting originality and dreamy darkness.
Best songs: “She Burns”, “The End Of Desire”, “Follow Signs”, “Through The End”, “The Void”.
Rate: 7½.
Side-Line reported on the album when it was announced in June 2021: Sorry, Heels return with 2nd album ‘She’.
Listen to “She”:
Artist: ww w.facebook.com/SorryHeels
Label: www.waverecordsmusic.com / www.facebook.com/waverecords
About Sorry, Heels
Sorry, Heels is an Italian band from Frosinone, put together at the start of the 2010s by former Chants of Maldoror members David M. and Fabiano Gagliano, who records as Loren, with Simona Pietrucci completing the line-up.
The band self-released the EPs “Wasted” in 2013 and “Distances” in 2014 before the debut album “The Accuracy Of Silence” arrived on the Finnish label Gothic Music Records in 2015. A line-up change preceded “She”, and the group moved away from rock arrangements towards electronic writing while keeping its new wave and early post-punk references.
“She” was released on 25 May 2021 through Shades Of Sound Records and Wave Records.
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