Tim: The follow-up to Only Teardrops – let’s see if she can keep coming up with the goods.
Tom: You know, I’m still not sure if she “came up with the goods” during Eurovision. I didn’t actually like Only Teardrops all that much.
Tom: …and this appears to be the same song.
Tim: Well, stylistically it is very similar: the drums and breathiness of the verses evoking images of music from millennia ago, as in fact does the whole hunter/prey metaphor that the song’s carried by.
Tom: Mm. I suspect it’s more evoking images of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” films rather than actual music from millennia ago, but I see what you mean.
Tim: That’s then brought way up to date with the guitars and pop melodies in the chorus, and again it works very well and I like it. Certainly show she’s not a one-hit wonder, although I am curious as to how long the ethnic power-ballad thing will be played out for – there are some very different tracks on the album with a great deal of variety, so it’ll be interesting to see if she sticks with what works for the third single, or branches out a bit.
Tom: Branches! Ha.
Tim: Erm, ha?
Tom: Because, you know, her last name is “de Forest”.
Tim: Oh. HA!
Tom: Oh, suit yourself.
Tim: Yes. Speaking of different tracks on the album, the symphonic version of Only Teardrops is worth a listen – remarkably different, and considerably calmer.