Phoenix Foundation - Give Up Your Dreams (CD)

CD edition. New Zealand'sThe Phoenix Foundation are all set to return with their new and sixth studio album Give Up Your Dreams. It's a shrewd and vibrant reminder that in The Phoenix Foundation's gloriously absurd world of Technicolour pop, it's the challenges you set yourself that reap the greatest rewards. ""Give Up Your Dreams could sound like a defeat but it represents something quite defiant, joyous and celebratory"" exclaims co-frontman Samuel Scott of the record's infectious rhythmic driven sound and optimistic feel. Channeling previous album Fandango's beauteous side, but this time fuelled by a spit ball of irrepressible energy, Give Up Your Dreams feels like the band's most contemporary offering yet.