Flight To London – No One's Forgiven

Between scepticism and addictiveness: this is how Flight To London's new song strikes me

"No One's Forgiven" by "Flight To London" is like meet­ing an old friend again – a friend from the glor­i­ous 80s who has aged really well. From the very first listen, this fine synth pop track takes me right back to the music­al era I love so much. Although bass gui­tars are clearly present, No One's Forgiven lays all its cards on the table: pure synth pop with genu­ine 80s flair. I sense styl­ist­ic par­al­lels to songs like "Temptation" by Heaven 17, "Gold" by Spandau Ballet and "The Look Of Love" by ABC – all anthems that have a place of hon­our in my col­lec­tion. It is pre­cisely these ref­er­ences that make this song so charm­ing to me.

What Flight To London deliv­ers here is a suc­cess­ful mix and a nod to the big names of the 80s – but not just a copy. The pro­duc­tion is con­vin­cing and brings that won­der­fully rhythmic, almost driv­ing energy that I know from Tears For Fears pro­duc­tions like ‘The Hurting’. Even though I'm often at odds with gui­tar sounds, everything works amaz­ingly well for me here. The gui­tars com­ple­ment the syn­thet­ic sound instead of steal­ing the show. That's why I can recom­mend ‘No One's Forgiven’ to any­one who feels drawn to these classics.

I find the lyr­ics equally excit­ing and dark: they cap­ture the absurdity of the present and the tur­moil of a soci­ety torn between polit­ic­al tur­moil and media spec­tacle. The lines "Is no one safe – is no one for­giv­en?" reflect a deep scep­ti­cism that I can relate to very well.

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Lyrics of "Flight To London – No One's Forgiven"

Too many fools play­ing this crooked game
Another dose, but I still feel the same
The spoken word gets twis­ted on its head
the devil's voice is sleep­ing in your bed
Who do you think you are?

Joker sit­ting on a throne
Lights are on but no one's home
it's easy throw­ing sticks and stones
Is no one safe – is no one forgiven?
Pave the streets that go nowhere
Saints and sin­ners in our prayers
Circus music, empty chairs
Is no one safe – is no one forgiven?

A little man shout­ing on my tv screen
His mas­ter plan – is fueled by gasoline
He fakes a smile until his face is sore
It makes me sick, yet I still ask for more

fears are flow­ing underground
silence only tears us apart
when the sin­ners wear you down
fight to find the love in the dark