Adam Lambert’s new single ‘Ghost Town’: The first review
By Nick Bond
Glamberts, we’ll give you the good news first: Here at Attitude HQ we’ve had our hands on Adam Lambert’s new single Ghost Town for a few days now, and we love it.
The bad news: We can’t share the song itself with you just yet (strict instructions from Team Lambert), but we can give you our review.
It’s definitely unlike anything Adam’s ever done before. Gone are some of the more OTT glam rock moments of his previous two albums, replaced with a more understated, sophisticated – dare we say, cooler – sound.
“Died last night in my dreams, walking the streets of some old ghost town,” Lambert sings over subdued acoustic guitars for the first verse. It’s gorgeous, folky – think Madonna’s quieter moments on the underrated American Life album (although maybe we just have Madge on the brain as the pair are releasing singles with the same name at the same time – great minds etc).
That all changes 45 seconds in as Lambert ushers in an eery house beat with the line “Now I know my heart is a ghost town,” and the song lifts into a proper dance track, complete with addictive whistled, wordless hook (think The X Files theme and you’re almost there).
It’s an unusual hybrid – to make it a proper dance floor filler it’ll need a killer remix to lift the tempo on those (great) folky verses – but it’s certainly an uber-cool comeback with real hit potential.
You can read our in-depth interview with Adam in the new issue of Attitude, which is available to download to your mobile, iPad or tablet device now, at Pocketmags.com/Attitude.
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