Margaret Berger – Human Race

“I quite like that.”

Tim: You may remember Margaret from her performance of the somewhat aggressive I Feed You My Love for Norway at Eurovision this year, which placed fourth and was generally well-received around Europe sales-wise; this here is her first single since then.

Tim: And I quite like that.

Tom: Yep. It sounds a bit like a discount Robyn track to me: it’s not bad, but the vocals don’t quite soar in the same way, and it’s not quite as catchy.

Tim: Certainly until Robyn gets round to recording some new stuff, this’ll fill the gap very nicely indeed. It’s slightly more restrained than that was – can’t quite see this being performed with seizure-inducing lights – and I prefer it for that, as I was never hugely keen on that element of it.

Tom: Ooh, that’s where I disagree. I’m in favour of less restraint for songs like this: they just seem to plod a bit for me.

Tim: Oh, but this really doesn’t plod: there’s still a hefty beat to it, which I love, and the slightly strained raw vocal of it pushes it up another notch. This great, I love it.