Tim: Madden is Swedish, here’s his second single; starts out as a nice gentle ballad and then goes…elsewhere.
Tim: And although it sounds clear listening back a second time, despite that build I entirely failed to see that breakdown coming, and had a massive “whoa, what the HUH” moment.
Tom: I was more surprised by the very start of that build: just that simple synth surprised me. The breakdown was predictable, but not any worse for it.
Tim: Right – after a second or two, once I’d calmed down, I realised I really liked it. All of it, in fact, and yet in very different ways. I can’t help thinking this might slightly hurt the track – it wouldn’t fit well on a ballad playlist, and it wouldn’t fit particularly well on a dance music playlist.
Tom: Yep. This isn’t danceable, and it isn’t calming. BUT: you could say that about a lot of Aviici tracks.
Tim: Very true. I would, I suppose, play it if I wanted to hear this track in particular – and I can see that happening – but I don’t really see what I’d put either side of this to fit in. Still, who wants playlists? I’ve heard this five times while writing this, and I’m not really getting tired of it. PLAY IT AGAIN.