Wild Belle’s debut is a respectable exercise of ethereal pop. A compilation of 11 songs with light bubbles of skunky dub floating around Natalie’s voice.
The Bergmans have created a pop experience that feels effortless and warm, yet isn’t saccharine to the point of overdose.
Isles falls somewhere between juvenile and sophisticated, which puts it comfortably in the mystifying realm of American pop.
After a long, cold winter Isles falls like a gentle kiss from the summer sun. It’s cool ‘n’ fresh and spends most of its forty minutes shimmying joyfully and trying to put a smile on your face.
‘Isles’ biggest attraction though is the climate, which manifests itself in the form of Natalie Bergman’s voice.
‘Isles’ is an album that apes the marketability of The Ting Tings, but replaces their danceable beats with diluted dub rhythms and tempos that, in the time of vinyl, would have had people switching between 33 and 45 rpm to make sure that it was actually supposed to plod along like that.
it's a little too pert and feels manipulative but man that Natalie Bergman has a VOICE. looking forward to her solo debut.