The Righteous Young – Everything Burns

“That’s an absolutely amazing middle eight.”

Tom: CB, our Brazilian fan — their words, not mine — writes in with this, describing it as “a great tune with a beautiful shouty chorus”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmT6wHw6qso

Tom: This isn’t the kind of song we normally handle, and I’m not sure what to think of it. After listening through it twice, all I’m left with is this rather odd thought: that’s an absolutely amazing middle eight.

Tim: It is very good, yes – the standout part of the song, actually, which I otherwise don’t finish particularly exciting. That build in there, though, is excellent.

Tom: I mean, yes, it’s a pretty good chorus, the stripped-down instrumentation’s good, and the melody’s got a great, simplistic quality to it. But I wish that powerful, striving middle eight bled out to the rest of the song.