Hurts - Wonderful Life

Hurts are widely tipped to be the sound of 2009, which would be something of a turn up as they seem intent of being the sound of 1984. Nothing wrong with that though, as this single seems intent on mixing hefty dollops of various wonderful things including the Pet shop boys, Smalltown boy by Bronksi Beat and 1963 by New Order. It's the last which I find most interesting, as unreliable narrators in pop music are in pretty short supply. It also makes me think Hurts are too clever by half, which tends to prevent massive success but I'd be happy to be proved wrong.