What The Future Holds - First Listen! (1 Viewer)

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10 What The Future Holds
10 Something In Your Eyes
07 Clouds
10 To The Beat Of My Heart
04 Father’s Eyes
05 One Touch
06 Under My Skin
08 Heartbreak in this City
9.5 Come And Dance With Me
07 Don’t You Leave Us Halfway

09 To The One
LOVE the production on this. It feels more sophisticated and shimmery than anything they’ve done before. Another slightly jarring shift into the chorus but I’ll get used to it. I don’t even mind the Lee middle-eight. Definitely a grower.
 
09 What the Future Holds
09 Something In Your Eyes
7.5 Clouds
11 To the Beat of My Heart
06 Father's Eyes
06 One Touch
7.5 Under My Skin
09 Heartbreak In This City
09 Come and Dance With Me
7.5 Dont You Leave Us Halfway
10 To The One
 
08 What The Future Holds (Single Mix)
08 Something In Your Eyes
06 Clouds
10 To The Beat of My Heart (I'm rating this one UP already)
08 Father's Eyes
06 One Touch
06 Under My Skin
09 Heartbreak in the City
07 Come and Dance With Me
08 Don't You Leave Us Halfway
09 To The One

Everyone is right about the production. For me, the best part is the pre-chorus. Slightly different but still Steps
 
Don’t You Leave Us Halfway has grown on me a lot since last night, it’s sad disco
 
To the One would have been a great closer. The outro with the harmonies :disco:

Never mind, we have a 'bonus' ballad.
 
10 What The Future Holds
10 Something In Your Eyes
07 Clouds
10 To The Beat Of My Heart
04 Father’s Eyes
05 One Touch
06 Under My Skin
08 Heartbreak in this City
9.5 Come And Dance With Me
07 Don’t You Leave Us Halfway
09 To The One

06 Hold My Heart
I’ll happily give them this considering it’s the one true ballad moment on the album and I guess they feel that they’re a bit past doing something like Heartbeat. Nice harmonies, nice melody (although it rips off about 5 other things), it’s fine.
 
The production is far less tinny, which is either better or worse. I can't decide yet.
 
08 What The Future Holds (Single Mix)
08 Something In Your Eyes
06 Clouds
10 To The Beat of My Heart (I'm rating this one UP already)
08 Father's Eyes
06 One Touch
06 Under My Skin
09 Heartbreak in the City
07 Come and Dance With Me
08 Don't You Leave Us Halfway
09 To The One
06 Hold My Heart

I can't decide if I like this one or if it reminds me of This Is Us (Greatest Showman) too much
 
09 What the Future Holds
09 Something In Your Eyes
7.5 Clouds
11 To the Beat of My Heart
06 Father's Eyes
06 One Touch
7.5 Under My Skin
09 Heartbreak In This City
09 Come and Dance With Me
7.5 Dont You Leave Us Halfway
10 To The One
07 Hold My Heart
 
08 What The Future Holds (Single Mix)
08 Something In Your Eyes
06 Clouds
10 To The Beat of My Heart (I'm rating this one UP already)
08 Father's Eyes
06 One Touch
06 Under My Skin
09 Heartbreak in the City
07 Come and Dance With Me
08 Don't You Leave Us Halfway
09 To The One
06 Hold My Heart
08 What the Future Holds (Album Version)

Why are there 2 versions of this?
 
I think there is a slight delay before the second verse starts on this version
 
New Lisa verse, extended second chorus, extended outro.

Apparently this is track 1 on the CD and vinyl versions - they’re only both on the digital version for some obscure streaming algorithm reason.
 
We To The Beat and To The One are both STUNGORGE.

tldr: yay steps!
 
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On first listen, mostly solid but not very remarkable. To The Beat of my Heart should have been the first single. Good thing I have time to listen to that again and One Touch (Mini Viva) before Miley :disco:
 
Anyway most satisfactory.

Strangely despite it being more mixed musically than Tears it does seem like a bit of a regression in places (particularly Heartbreak and Come and Dance) and there was an unfortunate lack of sad bangers.

Still, it has three towering highs that are up there with their best, and most of the rest are keepers.

Now just excuse me while I fuck around with the tracklist a bit.
 
I like ‘Clouds’ much more on second listen :disco:

What does that OH OH OH OH OH OH remind me of? I think it could be something ESC-related oh God actually I think it’s that Icelandic entry I couldn’t stand
 
In the CLOUDS
In the CLOUDS
In the CLOUDS
In the CLOOOUUUUDS

LOVING THIS ONE NOW :disco:
 
I haven’t bothered to get to the offy yet but this could be the Valium talking :disco:

10 What The Future Holds
10 Something In Your Eyes
10 Clouds
12455 To The Beat Of My Heart
09 Father’s Eyes
08 One Touch - UPGRADED
08 Under My Skin
09 Heartbreak In This City - Not least because of what sounds like a key change in the chorus :disco:
07 Come And Dance With Me
09 Don’t You Leave Us Halfway - ALSO UPGRADED
09.5 To The One
09 Hold My Heart

And just when I was despairing at the state of modern pop music. Steps UP! :disco:
 
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