Paul Hartnoll ft. Robert Smith – ‘Please’ (Kids) Released 30/04/07

Ok, just a tip: probably not the best idea to recruit a voice inseparably bound to the nineties if you want to make a relevant and contemporary dance record. This probably explains why Rick Witter has yet to be called upon by�well, anyone. Paul Hartnoll follows up the modest success of single �Patchwork Guilt� from the tail end of 2006 with �Please�, around a month before his debut LP �The Ideal Condition� drops. While The Cure have experienced something of a nostalgia driven renaissance in the last few years, Robert Smith�s vocals manage to really age this track before it�s even out (is that possible?). Inoffensive, but flirting with the monotonous and insipid, Hartnoll�s pedestrian electronica fails to inspire and even at a duration of just 4:02 seems to drag. Could do better.