Tom: Nathan sends this in, with suspiciously enthusiastic text that makes me wonder whether he’s shilling for them. And the history’s a bit complicated here: it’s been released, re-recorded, and re-released. Still…
Tom: Now I wasn’t expecting to like this, partly because the band name sounds like the bad guys from Home Alone, and partly because that introduction sounded like a really disappointing early-2000s boyband track. But by the time the gospel choir kicked in, I was sold.
Tim: Yeah – at the 50 second mark I was thinking “nope, not for me,” but then it dropped in and then “huh, fairly good, as it happens.” Not something I’d put on to listen to casually, but yes, that’s good for now, as long as I chop it off before the dodgy bit comes back at the end.
Tom: It’s not perfect, not by a long way, and it’s not going to be a summer floor-filler. But as a decent fusion of a lot of genres, I reckon it works.