Somewhere around the second chorus of Stars Align I stopped doing whatever I was doing and just let the thing roll over me. This is liquid drum and bass operating at the exact emotional frequency the style was invented for: Grace Barton’s vocal up front and aching, 1991’s drums rolling warm underneath, the whole thing built to land on a late train home more than a dancefloor. 1991 has spent years in London making this specific brand of melodic DnB without ever tipping into schmaltz, and Grace Barton hands him a topline with real spine and presence. The low end is round and forgiving, the kind that holds you up rather than knocks you down. It resolves exactly where you want it to and I don’t hold that against it for a second. Some nights you want to be surprised. Other nights you want a song this openly tender to land square in the chest, and this one lands.
Not the first time 1991 & Grace Barton has shown up here: Kings Of The Rollers & Grace Barton - Should've Known Better