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Teddy Swims: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) review – retro soul with a retro lyrical attitude
The soft-alpha streaming sensation behind Lose Control returns with more of the same Motown and Stax pastiches, with the odd diversion into soft rock
This sequel to 2023’s Part 1 (home to US chart-topper Lose Control) continues to churn out immaculately crafted Motown and Stax pastiches, with Funeral and the mellower Your Kind of Crazy built on warm piano trills, loping drums and stacked backing vocals. Alongside stomping opener Not Your Man, they highlight Swims’ occasional lyrical shortcomings: in his world, women are unknowable, often wicked tricksters who are just too damn easy to love. But this isn’t an album designed to creep up on you: songs like the Lewis Capaldi-worthy ballad Northern Lights and the bludgeoning Hammer to the Heart have been manufactured for streaming and radio ubiquity.
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