In mid-2010, the British duo Hurts managed to catch up on the prevailing eighties revival with their debut album and accompanying looks. Ten years later, the pair still sounds like a disguised version of , although the kitch meter on Faith often turns red. If the listener on Surrender (2016) was still tossed back and forth between wonder and horror, according to Muziekweb, there is actually very
… little wonder left on Faith. A number of songs completely miss the mark, such as the soggy ballad All I Have to Give, or the - and mash-up Somebody. To top it all off, the duo appears chasing with Numb. Perhaps if Hurts didn't take himself that seriously, this chaotic mix of electro and synth pop, eurodance and new wave would have been better disguised. The heavy texts don't really help with that either. (JvQ)more
