MUSIC REVIEWS
FETTY WAP “Rewind”
★★ ½ THIS year’s big breakout star Fetty Wap spins his rowdy trap formula to the point of exhaustion on his self-titled debut album, but it’s on the rare occasions he turns things down that the New Jersey rapper shows he has something else to offer. On this slow jam, Wap puts the Auto-tune to a more seductive use. “I know you’re with him now/ But soon you will be mine,” he sings, serenading from afar with a softness most fans didn’t know he had. CHVRCHES “Make Them Gold”
★★★ ½ THERE are no radical shifts on Chvrches’ second album, “Every Open Eye.” Instead, the Scottish trio takes their ’80s-synth-pop template to the next level, especially on this surging highlight that features singer Lauren Mayberry uniting feelings of anxiety and empowerment to create the perfect rush. If John Hughes were alive, he’d want to make a teen flick just so he could have this one play over the final prom scene. DRAKE & FUTURE “Jumpman”
★★ ½ THE much-anticipated joint mixtape from these leading lights in rap didn’t quite yield the bounty of brilliance fans had hoped for, but the duo does strike momentary magic with the catchy, club-friendly bounce of “Jumpman,” which has the kinetic power to start a dance craze. Major props are due to Drake for managing to rhyme “up to something” with “Robitussin.” DISCLOSURE “Magnets” feat. Lorde
★★★ ½ “PRETTY girls don’t know the things that I know,” coos Lorde on this new collaboration with the British house duo. She’s been the underdog queen since emerging in 2013, but there’s a new, quiet confidence to the New Zealander on this mesmeric track (taken from Disclosure’s new album, “Caracal”). The attraction of “Magnets” is near impossible to resist. NEW ORDER “People on the High Line”
★★★ TEN years since their last effort, a revamped New Order is back with “Music Complete” — an album that lands hard on the dance floor. This strikingly vibrant cut is a shining example, blending their late-’80s experiments with an obvious nod to ’70s funk thanks to the work of new bass player Tom Chapman. It’s the sort of thing that would have turned Studio 54 inside out. THE DEAD WEATHER “Cop and Go”
★★★ SPARKS always fly when Jack White plays the drums, but on this brilliantly ominous track from the Dead Weather’s new album, “Dodge and Burn,” the rest of the band provides the real fireworks. Thick, filthy rock ’n’ roll grooves drive the song, and you can almost feel singer Alison Mosshart squaring up. “Look at me on the level/ Have we got s - - t to settle,” she snarls. That’s one hornets’ nest not worth stirring.