{"id":72871,"date":"2021-12-13T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=72871"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:07:58","slug":"milky-chance-tainted-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/12\/milky-chance-tainted-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Milky Chance &#8211; &#8216;Tainted Love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-align-justify wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Tainted Love&#8217; was first released by Gloria Jones back in 1964, and she re-released it in 1976, in a recording produced by her boyfriend, Marc Bolan. It then became a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic when Soft Cell released it in 1981. Now, in the hands of Berlin&#8217;s Milky Chance, it&#8217;s been given a new lease on life, not merely bringing it into the 21st century, but making it sound like it&#8217;s a Milky Chance original.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Fans of Milky Chance, and their hits such as, &#8216;Cocoon&#8217;, &#8216;Stolen Dance&#8217;, and &#8216;Colorado&#8217;, among others, will instantly find a home with their treatment of &#8216;Tainted Love&#8217;. All the band&#8217;s instantly recognisable qualities are there &#8211; the quick-picked bass, the scratchy six-string guitar, and gorgeous synths which bring a brightness to the very corners of the track, as well as the lightest of vocals, and a slight reggae touch &#8211; as they tell the tale of obsession and longing. The cover earns its place alongside the other tracks on &#8216;Trip Tape&#8217;, which the duo\u2019s recently dropped, a marvellous collection of new material, covers, rewrites, rare tracks, and sonic experiments.<br><br>The video for &#8216;Tainted Love&#8217; sees frontman Clemens Rehbein, exploring a creepy apartment building. Although the front of his shirt is covered in blood, he&#8217;s not concerned, but is instead focused on pursuing a person dressed as a wolf, who darts between doorways and leaps out of the shadows. 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