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Hercules & Love Affair

Review by alex_snax

Charged with swirls of unbound desire and dance friendly dazzle.»

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'The Feast of the Broken Heart' is Hercules' most direct, with Butler's religious fervor around house music displayed. The vocalists are some of the most stellar in the world: John Grant, a championed nouveau crooner and lyricist for the modern age, Krystle Warren, a enigmatic husky voiced singer, the spectacular virtuosic contra alto Gustaph and Rouge Mary, a gender bending baritone gospel vocalist. The songs are as emotional as ever, with the underground aesthetic and spirit of classic house music, while maintaining a stick to its guns pop music structure. The idea of the nightclub as a place of spiritual communion is the message here; in this shared celebration of broken hearts dancing on the floor, faith can finally be restored.
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