Victor Crone – Burning Man

“Almost triumphant, when that chorus kicks in”

Tim: Victor’s new, ish – he was in Melodifestivalen as a featured singer, but here’s his solo debut, with a lyric video seemingly made by a designer who was told he could only use Helvetica, so had to express ALL THE CREATIVITY in other ways.

Tom: Hey, there’s nothing wrong with Helvetica.

Tim: Hmm, you say that, but…

Tom: Although there’s definitely something wrong with how they’re using it there.

Tim: Yes. Now, I’m not sure if I’ve felt let down by guitar pop recently, but I really wasn’t expecting the chorus to be that good, after the less than inspiring verses and that irritating “without no light” lyric, so I’m really happy with this.

Tom: Agreed: there’s a real sense of progress, almost triumphant, when that chorus kicks in. It almost sounds like modern American country-pop.

Tim: It’s a chorus that got me tapping my fingers on my desk the first time, and by the end I was almost drumming.

Tom: And “all the way down to the wire” is a surprisingly catchy chorus line, all told.

Tim: It pulls off that nice trick we saw with Rachel Platten’s track (still incredible, by the way) of dropping everything but the drums coming back from the middle eight for more impact, and it works here just as well, also offering a mirror back to the start, where we had nothing but the guitars; don’t know if that was intentional, but I’m fairly sure it proves that drums are better than guitars. Anyway, good track, bar that lyric, so WELL DONE VICTOR.