Blog: Mixtape Maestro

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 [...]

• The Fray - Heartless (Kanye West Cover)