Tom: “Raqoon”? Crikey, they’re starting to scrape the barrel for names, aren’t they?
Tim: Not the best, is it? I once heard that if you listen to new music in the morning you’re a bit more likely to enjoy it, as your brain’s more receptive to new things. I don’t know if that’s true (the amount of tripe I’ve heard on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show would point away from that), but if it is it’d help me get a bit closer to finding out why I like this.
Tom: I actually let out an “ugh” of disappointment after that euphoric build turned into… well, audio mud.
Tim: It’s what heave dance fans call ‘dirty’. It’s all suited to air horns and dub step remixes. It is, in short, really not what I’d go for.
Tom: Skip that first verse and I might have been sold on it – the “proper” drop isn’t too bad, but that verse just kills it.
Tim: So why, then, do I find myself pushing play again once it’d finished? The voice isn’t anything special, and there could probably do to be a bit more of it. There’s no real melody to it, and the endless pounding drumbeats I admittedly do find a bit tedious towards the end.
Tom: I can’t imagine why: it sounds far away from your normal fare, and I won’t be listening again. Perhaps you’re just in a very good mood?
Tim: Maybe. Whatever the reason, I’ve just hit play for a third time. I guess there’s just no logic to art. Who’d have thought it?