Blondie: Pollinator review – hooks, drums, evocative lyrics: an atomic return

(BMG)It doesn’t bode well when formerly prolific bands reach for outside songwriters, but a cast stretching from Johnny Marr to Sia to Charli XCX and the Strokes’ Nick Valensi have helped recreate Blondie’s classic late-1970s band sound, albeit with a modern sheen. Clem Burke’s trademark machine-gun drumming propels songs with teasingly familiar big hooks and earworm choruses.Four writers – including TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek – collaborate on Fun&rsqu