Album review: Pollinator by Blondie

Blondie have come up with a novel solution to the creative lethargy that often bedevils a band deep into their career. 

Rather than attempting to recreate the magic that yielded hits such as ‘Sunday Girl’ and ‘Heart of Glass’, with eleventh album Pollinator they’ve outsourced the task to a younger generation of writers — all of whom happen to be huge fans of Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and their peerless new wave catalogue.

Among the diehard devotees participating are pop singer Charli XCX, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, Nick Valensi of The Strokes, and TV on the Radio producer Dave Sitek.