Tom: Calvin Goldspink‽
Tim: Erm, yes…
Tom: Calvin. Goldspink. That is a spectacular name. I mean, if that’s the name he was born with, that’s spectacular in itself, but if he chose “Calvin Goldspink” as a stage name, that’s a very large ego cheque that his talent is going to have to cash.
Tim: Oh, I see. No, genuine, I think. On with an actual intro: S Club Juniors, you may remember, disbanded about a decade ago; now, one of their number is trying to carve out a solo career.
Tom: Oh wow, it just gets better.
Tim: If this debut’s anything to go by he might not make such a bad job of it.
Tom: …and all my cynicism just melted away. That’s a fantastic track.
Tim: It took me until the chorus to get this, but then that really is quite the chorus, isn’t it? Powerful, energetic, and to be honest yelling out Superman is a fairly surefire way to get people’s attention.
Tom: Yeah, I was about to go all Black Lace on it, but I really can’t bring myself to. This is a really good track: really listenable pop-indie with an absolutely brilliant final chorus.
Tim: Away from the vocal, we’ve got hefty instrumentation – he said recently that he “didn’t want to go down that pop route solidly but I wanted to make it commercial enough that you can play it on the radio,” and I think he’s cut that balance just about right. Good stuff, really.
Tom: Tracks like this, where I’m surprised in the best way? This is why I like writing this stuff.
Tim: Good, I’m glad. And just in case any Big Reunion people are watching, “there was no way on God’s green earth that I would go on there and dance and sing S Club Junior songs,” which to be honest is probably for the best.