VV Brown – The Apple

“Well, alright. Sort of.”

Tom: “If some one told me that V.V. Brown would be my favorite thing about 2013 a year ago,” says reader Najinx, “I would have laughed it off as a joke.”

Tim: And if someone said that to me a year ago, I’d have said “Who?” But I’ve heard of her now.

Tom: Alas, I can’t back up Najinx’s enthusiasm – and I don’t think it’s the overly-arty video that’s turned me off, either.

Tim: The video did turn me off a tad; song is… well, alright. Sort of. I can certainly get the enthusiasm, though.

Tom: There are bursts of genius in here – that “don’t patronise me” bit in the chorus is just genius – but the rest of it leaves me somewhat cold.

Is it just not mainstream-pop enough for me, perhaps?

Tim: Could be – like I say, I know several people who might go crazy for this, though I can’t say I’m among them.