Rudimental are becoming an unstoppable force in British music and ‘Powerless’ is one more step in the anthemic, room shaking, bar raising direction. Becky Hill’s has a whisky and cigarettes soaked blues voice that soars with the power of a . MK leads the pack and nails it with a deep house groove clamped immovably in the jaws of a vocal loop that sinks its teeth deeper into your brain than any zombie or vampire ever could. Animal Youth space it out for a brooding, anti-gravity fall through triphop breaks that splash like lovers through shallow puddles. TIEKS take it to the garage for a light, bright and skippy percussive piano house take on the track that will give any dancefloor the Colgate ring of confidence – smiles all round. Great package.
4 out of 5
Reviewed by Paulette