I Forgot How To Love You

South London's The Cool-Notes belonged to that fertile moment when British soul groups began cultivating their own quietly opulent soundworld. Even in this early recording the band sound improbably assured and fluent in the subtleties of groove and harmonic colour. 'I Forgot How To Love You' moves with a languorous mid-tempo pulse, the bassline circling patiently as soft electric piano voicings glow beneath the vocal harmonies and gather in sumptuous folds, rising into a chorus of quietly radiant melancholy. On the reverse, 'Why Can't We Be Friends' leans further into rhythmic momentum, drums tightening their grip while guitar and keys thread through the groove with supple precision, the whole performance carrying the polished sheen of late-70s Britfunk craft.