NEW ORDER, MUSIC COMPLETE

Music Complete marked New Order’s return to full-length albums after a ten-year break, and their first without founding bassist Peter Hook. The record feels focused and fully engaged, pulling from the band’s early dancefloor instincts while still sounding modern. Synths pulse with precision, guitars cut through clean, and Bernard Sumner’s vocals carry both weariness and warmth. Guests like Elly Jackson and Iggy Pop add texture without distracting. It is not a reinvention, but a reminder that New Order still knows how to move bodies and say something in the process.