"On their past few albums, especially 2001's rock-infused Get Ready, New Order showed us that they were a band eager to evolve. Now they're ready to undo all that evolution, making a satisfying return to the Blue Monday sound of their heyday. As Sirens' Call proves, the pioneering new-wavers' intricate mix of driving keyboards, I'm-going-to-slit-my-wrists-now! lyrics (their eighth studio album boasts such future Xanax-withdrawal mottoes as "I took my heart to Dracula's castle in the dark"), and airy vocals (Scissor Sisters' Ana Matronica lens an assist on "Jetstream") still feels novel - even downright fresh - 25 years later. The perfect soundtrack to a nihilistic day."
B+
-Henry Goldblatt
I don't think this reviewer is much of a NO fan, or he just doesn't know what he's talking about. Nothing from WFTSC reminds me of Blue Monday in any way, there really aren't any suicidal lyrics, he mispelled Ana Matronic's name, and I haven't picked up on any nihilistic notions from the record either.
