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Not Made for Love
Electronic · 2009 · 7 tracks · 40m

Not Made for Love

Metronomy

Dry analog synths and airy falsetto meeting the quiet ache of a summer evening. A bridge between quirky indie pop and hypnotic late-night house music.

August 17, 2009 · RCRD LBL

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A quiet, rhythmic melancholy that feels like watching the tide go out under a darkening sky.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 40m
01
Not Made for Love
3:39
02
Do the Right Thing
2:57
03
What Do I Do Now?
2:56
04
Not Made for Love (Leo Zero remix)
11:02
05
Do the Right Thing (Wild Geese remix)
7:18
06
Not Made for Love (Alalal remix)
4:39
07
Not Made for Love (Joakim remix)
7:34
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the bassline in the title track feels bone-dry and immediate against the airy vocal
The sudden shift into the eleven-minute Leo Zero remix that transforms the pop hook into a hypnotic house odyssey
The fragile vocal harmonies on Do the Right Thing that feel like they might break under the weight of the synth
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Not Made for Love sound next to the rest of Metronomy's catalogue?

Dusk+1.3σ

Dusk saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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