"In 1981, when the band were ensconced in a flat in Edinburgh preparing new material, producer John Leckie apparently suggested that Kerr should move away from abstract imagery and just pen a simple love song. By the time they did that, for 'Sons and Fascination', the band had switched producer to Gong’s Steve Hillage, who shared their love of Krautrock, and they plunged further into pulsating electronic rock. Here, though, the band’s thick, juddering rhythms begin a transformation into something sleeker and more expansive, and while stadiums are still years away, 'Love Song' still sounds so gigantic that few venues could hold it. Although the same sessions would produce the equally thrilling The American, Simple Minds never sounded more brutal, more insistent or more invincible." - Dave Simpson, 'Simple Minds: 10 of the best', The Guardian, 19/3/2015.
21 фев 2020
