Pollinator

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It wasn’t as crazy as modern concerts, but it was awesome. Debbie was there, too. Various people that went on to be in the arts, like [‘cyberpunk’ writer] William Gibson, were there. Matching Blondie’s new hybrid music was Harry’s gutter-glamour persona. There had never been anyone quite like her. “Janis [Joplin] was always a victim in spite of her power, whereas Debbie was consciously not going in that direction,” Stein the pop historian comments. Oh, they take it for granted,” he says, miffed that his girls’ friends are more impressed. “They’re like, ‘Woah, your dad…’” Their place in the pantheon is assured. Indeed, it seems that the only people Stein needs to convince of Blondie’s greatness are his two daughters. Simpson, Dave. "Blondie: Pollinator review – hooks, drums, evocative lyrics: an atomic return". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 June 2017.

There was definitely a darkness going on ­­– there was the Process Church of the Final Judgment in London and all sorts of weird Satanism and strange shit going on in Los Angeles…” At first, Blondie were the runts of the CBGB litter, dismissed as lightweights next to the more serious and/or intellectually rigorous likes of Television, Talking Heads, Ramones, Richard Hell & The Voidoids and The Patti Smith Group, all regular performers at the Bowery club. Soon, there was division – albeit barely perceived – in the ranks. There was the artsy camp which was Television, Talking Heads and Patti, and then there was the pop camp, which was us and Ramones,” Stein elucidates. “But really everybody got along. It was a nice fertile period. Towards the end there was a bit of vying for record company attention, but even then it never got really heated.” Blonde ambition Admittedly, the presence of heavyweight songwriters like Johnny Marr, Sia and Dev Hynes is a testament to Blondie’s ongoing allure, but too much of their 11th album sounds like an attempt to mimic former glories. Le Top de la semaine: Top Albums – SNEP (Week 19, 2017)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved May 16, 2017.The next single from our new album Pollinator premieres tomorrow! Hear 'Long Time' on BBC Radio 2 with Ken Bruce!". Blondie official Facebook account. March 20, 2017 . Retrieved March 20, 2017. Still, ‘Pollinator’ is distinctly Blondie at their poppiest, most accessible, even often recalling some of their earlier hits. ‘Long Time’ – co-written by Dev Hynes – echoes the disco-tinged, hook-laden brilliance of ‘Heart of Glass’, and serves as the album’s pinnacle. Across the LP there are also contributions from Johnny Marr, Charli XCX and Sia. Elsewhere, retro synth-pop regularly collides with funk, particularly on the buoyant, light-hearted ‘Fun’. These easy-to-get-wrong facets are unfortunately heightened by unbearably polished, sterile production.

Lifton, Dave (January 26, 2017). "Watch Blondie Perform 'One Way or Another' on PBS' 'Soundstage': Exclusive Premiere". Diffuser.fm . Retrieved February 9, 2017. Blondie toured for the album during 2017 and 2018, visiting several cities in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, France, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Cuba. A date in Chile was scheduled but later cancelled and rescheduled for 2019 and going sold-out in ten minutes. [15] During July–August, 2017 Blondie co-headlined the "Rage and Rapture Tour" with Garbage, playing 27 shows in the US, Canada and Mexico.

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Farber, Jim. "Blondie honor their New York City roots on electrifying album Pollinator: EW review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 18 June 2017. Roos, Meghan (27 April 2017). "Album Review: Blondie – Pollinator". Consequence . Retrieved 2 October 2022.