Tim: Hoping to demonstrate they won’t be one-hit wonders, the BBC’s Sound of 2015 are following up King with this, a lovely number.
Tom: It’s not a Take That cover. That’s a shame.
Tim: Verses: very pleasant, though admittedly not the the most exciting we’ve heard. Everything else about this, though: bloody marvellous.
Tom: So here’s an odd thing: I absent-mindedly only had one headphone in when I started listening to this, and I wasn’t impressed. Then I put the other one in, and blimey: the stereo effect in the verses suddenly really stuck out, in a way that few tracks do these days. An odd thing to notice, I know, but it’s a sign of it not being massively wall-compressed, and that there’s someone with decent creativity mastering it.
Tim: Huh – I’ve not listened to it with headphones, but that’s good to know. Also good is that chorus, as when I hit I was suddenly thinking, “oh, this is VERY good isn’t it yes it is”, because it is. That middle eight as well? Lovely, both the vocal part and the instrumental bit. Then, coming at the end, it goes properly all in and there’s really nothing I can complain about at all.
Tom: Yep, it’s pretty good, this. Not sure it’s be on my regular playlist, but that’s just personal taste rather than any particular complaint — for once, I can absolutely see why you like this one, and I agree that it’s a good track even if it’s not for me.
Tim: Basically, I’m now even happier than I was that I’ll be seeing them live in about ten days time, while you lot’ll all be watching a slightly dull Eurovision.