Tim: I love that we get reader suggestions, Tom, because they’re so much more likely to containing decent stuff than the PR emails we’re barraged with. Take this, that Luca sent in (along with a welcome back message for you, incidentally).
Tom: How nice!
Tom: Promising introduction, that.
Tim: Promising tune all round, really. He says he hopes we’ll “go easy on her whispering voice”, but to be honest there’s no reason for worry, because I love that voice. It’s reminiscent of such excellent talent as Ellie Goulding, who I’ve always liked, and in fact the instrumentation underneath isn’t a million miles away from what we might expect there in some of her milder tracks.
Tom: I wasn’t sure about that big silent bit into the first chorus — but then the line “you could be my next ex boyfriend” actually made me grin, and I wasn’t expecting that. A song actually charmed me! Something must be wrong, Tim, I must be out of practice. The rest of the song ain’t so memorable, but just managing to make me smile puts it above a lot. Better than a lot of Ellie Goulding tracks.
Tim: Hmm. You know, now that we’ve made that comparison I can’t really unhear it, but I don’t mind, because I really like this. Cheers Luca.