REVIEW: Brigitte Calls Me Baby – Irreversible

 

Brigitte Calls Me Baby recently released their stunning sophomore-slump-busting second album, Irreversible via ATO Records.  Led by the soaring, vibrato-laced vocals of frontman Wes Leavins, the Chicago-based band masterfully blends the raw, rock energy and swagger of The Strokes, the soaring, arena-sized theatrics of The Killers and the nostalgic pull of The Smiths, The Cure and 80’s synth-pop for an album that sounds both modern and timeless. 

The album – produced by brothers Yves and Lawrence Rothman - is led by the romantic swell of the passionate and pleading opening track, “There Always”, which is the perfect backdrop for Leavin’s skyward croon, and the energetic lead single, “Slumber Party” with its mounds of memorable melodies and guitar-led grit on its loaded A-side.  The B-side dives into New Order-inspired synth-pop with the delirious dance-club ready beats of “These Acts Of Which We’re Designed” and the romantic, reverb-rich dream-pop moon beam that is standout track, “I Can’t Have You All To Myself”.    

Brigitte Calls Me Baby’s new album, Irreversible, sounds like the long lost 80’s-inspired soundtrack to a John Hughes-produced film of all of your coming of age moments. 

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