Tom: So if Credibility Cardle’s been forgotten, what about last year’s starlets? Wings was popular but a bit all-over-the-place. The second single is…
Tom: Ooh. Well. Several thoughts from this video: first of all, if they’re going to rip off the Sin City movie, at least they’re doing it well. Second of all: their target audience isn’t going to know what the hell they’re doing developing printed photos.
Tim: True, and true.
Tom: And as for the song: well, they’ve got a sound that, as far as I know, no other mainstream group’s doing. There’s some proper full-on orchestral harmonising going on there: if they went much further down that road they could share a stage with Nightwish. It’s good, if not what I expected from an X Factor girl group. They’re meant to do cheap pop hits to dance to, surely?
Tim: Well, you’d think, but with these voices – especially the opening two – that would be a huge waste. They sound incredibly mature, if that’s the right word, for a group of young girls who’ve barely hit twenty. This sounds like a group who’ve been going five years, not one, and I’m very impressed. If they’re doing stuff like this I’m very glad they won.
Tom: Not that I’m complaining: I’m not sure it’s going to be a regular on my playlist, but it certainly deserves to hit the charts.