'Testament in Motion' is the track that entitles All
Saints latest album and, because of its originality, has become one of my favourites. Track number 10 is an experiment of musical production: it starts off with a catchy chorus that, just like 'After All', recalls the magical sound of 'Pure Shores' (Saints & Sinners, 2000), the second smash
hit of the British-Canadian band—after 'Never Ever' (All Saints,
1997)—. But what initially sounds like a melodic song, suddenly, becomes the most musically irreverent hip-hop track: the samples of an 8-bit video game back up the voices of Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis and the Appleton sisters.
The song was written by Lewis—the member of Afro-Caribbean descent—no more and no less than 10 years ago, according to what they revealed in an interview last month; but the girls resolved not to include it in their return album, Red Flag (2016), since it didn't fit into the overall sound of the record. Melanie Blatt, who is very critical of the tracks' quality, admitted that the song seemed somewhat outdated, so they decided to get a little bit naughty to update it.
To my mind, 'After All' is a very good song that, quite rightly, evokes the nostalgia of 'Pure Shores' in the midst of 2018, something that those of us who have listened to All Saints for 20 years appreciate very positively; but it's clear that 'Testament in Motion' couldn't become part three of The Beach (2000) original soundtrack. The result is the little piece of jewellery we have now.
The track finishes—because good songs finish off properly—with the chorus sung by Shaz, with the only accompaniment of a guitar, which reveals the different stages that the song went through.
The song was written by Lewis—the member of Afro-Caribbean descent—no more and no less than 10 years ago, according to what they revealed in an interview last month; but the girls resolved not to include it in their return album, Red Flag (2016), since it didn't fit into the overall sound of the record. Melanie Blatt, who is very critical of the tracks' quality, admitted that the song seemed somewhat outdated, so they decided to get a little bit naughty to update it.
To my mind, 'After All' is a very good song that, quite rightly, evokes the nostalgia of 'Pure Shores' in the midst of 2018, something that those of us who have listened to All Saints for 20 years appreciate very positively; but it's clear that 'Testament in Motion' couldn't become part three of The Beach (2000) original soundtrack. The result is the little piece of jewellery we have now.
The track finishes—because good songs finish off properly—with the chorus sung by Shaz, with the only accompaniment of a guitar, which reveals the different stages that the song went through.
After 'Love Lasts Forever' and 'After All', 'Testament in Motion' might be released as the third single of Testament (2018), the fifth studio album of All Saints.
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