Turn On The Lights

Turn on the Lights finds Powter returning to the melodic, brightly produced sound of his smash 2006 self-titled release. In contrast to his last album Under The Radar, much of the work on this new album has an airy, enthusiastic sound that speaks to Powter's reclaimed pop energy. To these ends, we get the cheery and romantic leadoff cut "Cupid," which finds Powter celebrating the little everyday things that keep couples together. Similarly engaging, the midtempo "The Day We Never Met" is a sparkling, piano-driven melodic pop love song that finds Powter painting a picture of a different kind of bad day in which he never meets the love of his life. Elsewhere, he updates the '70s Bee Gees sound with the disco meets contemporary dance-pop number "Crazy All My Life," and keeps the '70s vibe rolling with the anthemic, falsetto-infused Elton John-style ballad "Best of Me."