I've never liked Everything But The Girl. They've always been too "lite" for me. However, when I heard Tracey Thorn singing on Massive Attack's "Protection," I have to admit I was impressed. A year and some month's later, I was impressed again when I heard that EBTG had changed their sound to a more dance/trance kind of thing, thus creating more "Protection"-esque soundscapes.

It works out fine, too, surprisingly. (And, for the record, I'd also like to mention that anything's better than another EBTG folk implosion.) Thorn's vocals are stunningly sweet against a drum 'n' bass backbeat that can either put you right to sleep or shock you awake, depending on your mood.

Only thing about this future Lite FM staple, it gets pretty boring at the half-way mark. If there were only some sort of change in tempo or something...

-Ryan Schreiber