The former, sadly in the minority, are easily the most engaging songs on Souththe swooning opener If I Saw You in a Movie, the first single Virus of the Mind, and the teasing Im No Angel (cowritten with ex-London Suede guitarist Bernard Butler) resound long after the last notes of skin-deep lovelorn ruminations like Talk to Me.Its not that all the songs about uncommunicative lovers and romantic idylls are bad.Its just that by the time Novas heart opens like an oyster shell on Souths closing track, the album has fallen victim to the musicians most indulgent singer-songwriter tendencies.Only the Hungarian suicide ballad Gloomy Sunday, tacked on three tracks before the end, offers any hint Nova might be deeper than she appears in her self-penned tunes.
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