It Should Stay Like This

Natalie Prass “Short Court Style”

“Short Court Style” nods in the direction of so many different moments in pop history – there’s traces of late ’70s disco, ’80s freestyle, early ’90s Lisa Stansfield elegant dance pop, the more chill end of the Spice Girls catalog – that it all blurs together into a song that feels both familiar and distinctive. The melodic hooks are bold, but the groove is relaxed – this is a more lived-in sort of love song, it’s not a manic infatuation thing. Natalie Prass is singing about a relationship that has survived ups and downs, and you can hear a lot of pride in her voice. It’s the sound of someone who understands the value of what they have in their life.

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