Artist: Pet Shop Boys
Album: Hotspot
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2020
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 42:18
Total Tracks: 10
Total Size: 492 MB

Tracklist:

01. Pet Shop Boys – Will-o-the-wisp (04:27)
02. Pet Shop Boys – You are the one (03:35)
03. Pet Shop Boys – Happy people (03:51)
04. Pet Shop Boys – Dreamland (03:28)
05. Pet Shop Boys – Hoping for a miracle (05:00)
06. Pet Shop Boys – I don’t wanna (04:02)
07. Pet Shop Boys – Monkey business (04:08)
08. Pet Shop Boys – Only the dark (03:38)
09. Pet Shop Boys – Burning the heather (05:27)
10. Pet Shop Boys – Wedding in Berlin (04:39)

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Hotspot is Neil and Chris’ 14th studio album and is the follow-up to 2016’s Super. It was recorded mostly in Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studios and like the previous two albums it has been produced by Stuart Price. The Pet Shop Boys have stated that this is the last instalment of a trilogy of Price-produced albums, which suggests they’ll use someone else, next time.Pet Shop Boys resume their exceptional late-period run with Hotspot, their third in a series of high quality collaborations with producer/engineer Stuart Price. Recorded at Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studios, the acclaimed duo’s 14th album finds them firmly in their element, delivering crisp electro-pop invocations, wry dance bangers, and melodic gems both sunny and stormy. Still more or less in the self-described “electronic purist” mode of 2013’s Electric and 2016’s Super, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe make a few allowances here, particularly on the melancholic standout, “Burning the Heather,” which features some crafty psych-inspired guitar work from Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. Opening volley “Will-O-the-Wisp” is all hard synth bite and rippling tension, possessing a specific kind of dark energy that few acts can summon so well, let alone after nearly four decades together. Its intensity is offset by brighter dance cuts like the wry “Monkey Business” and the buoyant “Happy People” with its infectious chorus threaded with Tennant’s distinctive spoken-word rhymes. Lightly cloaked political stabs pop up here and there like on “Dreamland,” a collaboration with Years and Years’ Olly Alexander, that imagines a borderless world free of Brexit fears and immigration policies. The clever melodic shifts that are one of Pet Shop Boys’ hallmarks remain in evidence across Hotspot, giving songs like the tender “Only the Dark” a dreamy sense of uplift. Through it all, Tennant and Lowe feel as confident and progressive as ever, honoring their signature sound while continuing to push it into the future. – Timothy Monger