Tom: Our reader, Michelle, sends us this bit of synthpop, writing: “It’s got a very Pet Shop Boys melodic chorus hook, and the general tone also brings to mind Depeche Mode and Colony 5.”
Tim: Sounds fun. Anything else of note?
Tom: You might know the producer, Ricardo Autobahn, from the Golden Age of Video.
Tim: I remember that! It was very entertaining. I have high hopes for this.
Tom: Michelle’s right: it’s got a very Pet Shop Boys style about it — but it’s a “Pet Shop Boys album track”. I was all ready to dismiss it, but then that guitar (or perhaps even keytar, who knows?) came in for the middle eight, and suddenly I found myself rather liking it.
Tim: I actually really liked it from the get go, but that might be because I’ve been watching back to back episodes of 24 all day and so am in a rather excitable mood. To be honest I’d be good with anything that’s vaguely energetic, which this is, in spades. Helpfully melodic and well produced as well, which just added to it.
Tom: I was ready for that final chorus to be explosive, though, and didn’t quite get there: it was like the track had been dialled back down. Missed opportunity, I think, but all in all not a bad track.
Tim: There, I will agree with you – that was the one disappointing moment, which is a shame because it’s that single moment that has the potential to be jaw-dropping as well. Still, the rest of it, right from the first notes, is very good, so I won’t complain about that.