The Fray “Heartless (Kanye West Cover)”
As stated here before, it’s always nice to hear something from 808s & Heartbreak that’s been fleshed out with live instrumentation and a “real” singer, and this take on the album’s second single by anony-pop/ rockers The Fray bears a certain quasi-appeal thanks to some starry-eyed twinkling elements, ghostly background vocals and the ever-zealous Isaac Slade wringing has much angst as he can out of each “Damn her!!!!” lyric.
Ultimately, though, it ends up sounding just as bland and overly-familiar as everything else The Fray does, and past a single curioso listening you could probably care less about ever hearing it again. Hey, but at least Kanye digs it and that says something…right?
Something tells us that we should be expecting a Fray feature (taking the place of the Chris Martin/ Coldplay spot) on the next West album. Insert (groan) with a slight twinge of anticipated interest here.
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