George FitzGerald - Fading Love, album review: 'let down by listless vocals'

Lovelorn introspection creates a monochrome palette on electronic debut
George FitzGerald: Doesn't live up to Domino Records' other electronic artists (Photo: Steve Gullick)
Steve Gullick
Andre Paine27 April 2015

★★☆☆☆
(Double Six/Domino)

For the last two decades, indie label Domino has built a roster of fine bands including Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Wild Beasts. They’ve been more tentative about electronic artists, so those that pass muster – Jon Hopkins, Four Tet – tend to be as good as any of the groups. George FitzGerald is the label’s latest dance music contender, a DJ who’s manned the decks alongside Pete Tong in Ibiza. If that doesn’t sound very Domino, at least FitzGerald’s debut eschews banging tunes in favour of lovelorn introspection. Knife to the Heart is a woozy instrumental, while Full Circle has the baleful, buzzing synths of Underworld. But Fading Love is let down by listless vocals and a monochrome palette of sounds best suited to a Berlin techno club at 3am.

Fading Love (Double Six/Domino) is released on Monday 27 April on CD, LP and digital download

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