New music: George Michael - True Faith

It's a charity single for Comic Relief, but does that excuse the Auto-Tune in George Michael's New Order cover?The thing about using Auto-Tune is that it can mask a slight vocal weakness, or add a sudden sense of excitement to a line when used sparingly. It's not entirely clear, therefore, why George Michael – he of the soulful, velvet croon – has decided to smother his cover of New Order's True Faith with lashings of effects (some have wondered if it's all James Blake's fault). Weirdly, it'...

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