August 08, 2021
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If it took decades before 1970's McCartney and 1980's McCartney II were fully appreciated - the former pre-echoing the handmade lo-fi of the '90s; the latter yielding hipster dancefloor cuts in the 00s - then the process has been accelerated after last year's McCartney III. The remit here is an open one: some artists, such as Beck and Khruangbin with their art-funk overhauls of Find My Way and Pretty Boys respectively, build traditional, if inventive remixes around Macca's vocals. 

Others go further and basically cover the songs - Phoebe Bridgers' atmospheric take on Seize The Day or Dominic Fike's avant-pop approach to The Kiss Of Venus, both underline the melodic strengths of the originals. 

Best, perhaps, is Anderson.Paak's warping of the pastoral folk of When Winter Comes into warm, Stevie Wonder-ish synthy soul.

Tom Doyle (MOJO Aug 2021)

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