“Waiting for You” stands out not only for its soaring guitars and intermittently falsetto’d vocals roundly out-swooning the competition, but because its throwback sound belies an exceedingly recognizable form of alienation - distinctly modern and essentially timeless - in its yearning chorus: “Do you really feel fine when you’re at home?/ Always looking at your phone/ Spending all your time alone.” - ANDREW UNTERBERGER The finest of the ten shimmering gems on Philadelphia power-pop power trio Hurry’s dreamy fourth album Every Little Thought, calling back to classic ’90s janglers like Teenage Fanclub and the Gin Blossoms.
Andrew Hozier-Byrne teamed up with gospel and soul queen Mavis Staples for his take on a modern civil rights anthem, and the soaring instrumentation and heavy subject matter - which pays tribute to Nina Simone, James Brown, Staples and other talents who sang truth to power - make it a worthy successor to his biggest hit.
If fans were hoping for more of the intense soul-searching (and soul inflections) that came with Hozier’s breakthrough single, “Take Me to Church,” they found it in “Nina Cried Power,” the Irish singer-songwriter’s first breath of new music since 2016.
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