The Correspondents – Fear and Delight

“Surprisingly catchy.”

Tom: First single, released a little while ago, off the first proper album, due to be released soon.

A bit of background: the Correspondents have mostly been a live act only for the past couple of years, and I didn’t “get them” at first. You’ve got one madman vocalist who sings like he’s from the 1930s and dances like he’s from some sort of parallel universe; and you’ve got one beardy bloke running a sequencer and a laptop. And the result is…

Tom: …surprisingly catchy.

Tim: Fun. Sort of, in the same way as dansband – quite enjoyable for about five minutes, but quickly tiring and not something I’d want a whole album of.

Tom: It’s all a bit electro-swing, or alt-dance, or whatever you want to call it, rather than pop, of course: but it’s certainly got more mainstream appeal than a lot of the tracks they’ve put out before.

Tim: And they’ve certainly got a decent number of view on that video and some of their other that – not that that translates into sales or anything, but sill.

Tom: I don’t expect them to break into the charts, but considering they’re already winning festival awards and touring? They’re probably okay with that.