"Parking Lot" Nelly Furtado

With just under a month to go until the release of The Spirit Indestructible, buzz is practically non-existent for Nelly Furtado's fifth studio album. Lead single "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" flopped into obscurity and Furtado's camp has barely made a peep since then. Another new song, "Parking Lot," premiered yesterday, and the booming stomp-and-clap beat and sing-talk vocal style sound straight out of 2006's Loose. While that may have worked for the Canadian pop star in the urban-oriented music scene of the mid-aughties, it's hard to imagine that "Parking Lot" will make much headway in a radio climate now dominated by dance influences. Furtado has always been a quirky chameleon and she pulls off the track's retro swag—including a '60s girl group vibe on the post-chorus na na nas—but I fear not many will have the chance to enjoy it. B