Conrad Knight

After 35 years in the industry, Tension shows that our Aussie Pop Queen Kylie Minogue still has her finger firmly on the superficial pop dance pulse. Opening with the undisputed pride track of 2023 with the dark and pulsating Padam Padam and closing with what is unfortunately her only personal song on the tracklist Story, the album soars with melancholic euphoria with stand out track Hold On To Now and What We Do For Love as some of the strongest track line ups since Light Years. If Disco was an ode to the 70s dance floor, Tension is it's 80s counterpart, living happily with influences from modern pop stars like Dua Lipa, Robyn and Carly Rae Jepsen, all of whom claim Kylie as a major influence in their music. Her best album in years. All bops, no skips.