Love Is All /// “From Your Corner” /// Last Choice EP
Even as they sorta conquered a cute-pop genre I care way too much about, I always felt out of step with Love Is All. The frenetic arrangements and overall brassiness made them a difficult listen despite gobs of hooks and tuneful delivery. And still I dutifully collected all that they released, sure that I was missing something. ”From Your Corner” is that something—an aurally manifested realization that the problem was all mine. Once Love Is All surfed it up with a New Zealandy hummer of a hit, those horns became a brilliant embellishment, and Josephine Olausson’s chirpy vocals were what the Flying Nun label had always been missing. The breakdown’s clipped chords and bass scales are a luau-ready combo. I’d always known these guys were talented: too bad my finicky appetites prevented me from hearing it till now.
