Race Horses: Furniture – review

(Stolen)Race Horses? Dark horses, more like. For all its shining choruses and bright, perky chords, this Welsh quintet's second album is a murky thing, digging into the human heart to find disappointment, frustration and boredom. The title track ends with them cheerfully chanting "we are furniture" over a neon keyboard melody: they sound celebratory, yet the song mourns the humdrum existence of a couple who have fallen out of love. Musical echoes of Pulp's Babies and the Housemartins' Happy Hour...

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