"It is billed as Danny L Harle's debut album, which it definitely isn't his actual debut album, Harlecore, came out in 2021, although in at least one sense, Cerulean is markedly different from its predecessor. It's the weighty guestlist, featuring Clairo, Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, MNEK and more, a reflection of Harle's ascension into the major leagues of pop production: he's worked with Polachek before, as well as Florence + the Machine and Dua Lipa (who also features on Cerulean), among others."
"A press release suggests that he is drawing on a particular strain of Italian artistry that encompasses the Renaissance composer Monteverdi and the Y2K club bangers of Eiffel 65. It has to be said that the impact of the authors of Blue (Da Ba Dee) is more noticeable than that of Monteverdi on an album that contains tracks called Laa, Te Re Re and Island (Da Da Da)."
Cerulean is presented as a debut despite Harle's prior album Harlecore (2021). The album features a weighty guestlist including Clairo, Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, MNEK and Dua Lipa. The music draws heavily on early-00s pop-trance and Eurodance, with glossy, club-oriented production and serious presentation. A press release links influences from Monteverdi to Y2K Eiffel 65, though Eiffel 65's impact is more audible. Tracks such as Laa, Te Re Re and Island (Da Da Da) combine banging trance motifs with novelty timbres like synthesised panpipes and jaunty accordion. The result alternates between affectionate homage and risk of smarmy pastiche, possibly as earnest salvage of beloved sounds.
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