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This is the latest review by the Lazy Music Reviewer. He is too busy listening to and promoting lots of awesome music (ahem and has a full time job) that he simply doesn’t have time to do an in-depth review (or maybe he is just not a good enough writer to write one – you decide) but he still wants to “review”.
So, the way he works is he will sum up each song in just a few words (sometimes even one word – he’s just that lazy) and then also link via other people’s words to other more in depth reviews (because he’s wicked and he’s lazy) for your reading pleasure because it’s always good to get more than one person’s opinion, right?
Westlife are an Irish pop vocal group, which formed in 1998 in Sligo, disbanded in 2012 and reunited in 2018. They were originally signed by Simon Cowell in the UK, Clive Davis in the US and managed by Louis Walsh and Sonny Takhar.
The group currently consists of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, and Nicky Byrne.
On 3 October 2018, Ken Sweeney of The Irish Sun reported that the band will officially announce their comeback online sometime that day. At exactly 8 pm (GMT time), the same day, the group formally announced that there’ll be new music and a tour coming soon on their official social media accounts like on their newly created Instagram. Their reunion story caused huge fan reaction worldwide. According to the reports, they had been preparing for their comeback for the past year of 2017 as Feehily had said on the same year that he hoped to get them all together for a proper catch-up. It was later revealed that Egan and Filan first talked about their reunion when Adele released “Hello” in late 2015. While Byrne raised his concerns about “…where Westlife’s music fits into the current market” and not wanting to be simply a “nostalgia” act.
The latest full-length album “Spectrum” was released on 15th November 2019.
Let’s find out more about the new album…
1 – Hello My Love
“if Ed Sheeran joined Westlife…oh wait – he did and it really works!”, The Lazy Music Reviewer
“alright, this song is basically the musical equivalent of buying your wife a bunch of flowers after an argument (that you caused.)“, entertainment.ie
“A well-produced pop track, surprisingly electric and dance-alike”, flyctory.com
2 – Better Man
“going back to their roots”,The Lazy Music Reviewer
“much more towards a traditional boy group sound“, flyctory.com
3 – My Blood
“less blood, more vomit, sorry“, The Lazy Music Reviewer
“you can tell Westlife’s fanbase has shifted; they’re now writing songs about their kids instead of their wives/girlfriends/boyfriends“, entertainment.ie
“somehow a mixture of the first two songs“, flyctory.com
4 – Dynamite
“waiting for a key change – this won’t disappoint!, The Lazy Music Reviewer
“a punchy little number (again, co-written by Sheeran) that gives a dose of much-needed energy to proceedings“, entertainment.ie
“the one which feels most like Westlife early 2000s sound – and it feels good“, flyctory.com
5 – Dance
“maybe you can – but you shouldn’t“, The Lazy Music Reviewer
“it’s indistinguishable from a lot of other autotuned modern pop, but there’s a sense of fun about it“, entertainment.ie
“some of the tracks before are definitely better chances to conquer the dancefloor“, flyctory.com
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