Da Buzz – Bring Back The Summer

“Three months late. Or nine months early.”

Tim: This track is exactly what you’d expect it to be, given the title.

Tom: That’s a weird setup for a video: film as if it’s behind-the-scenes, but have the artist sing the lyrics anyway. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before. Mind you, I don’t think it works, either. But yes: it’s exactly what I’d expect it to be.

Tim: That is, a summer floorfiller three months late. Or nine months early, which I can’t help thinking might have been a better option: I know nobody’s really looking for a dance tune in the middle of February, but I can’t help feeling I might get a bit more from it if it was Bring On The Summer, full of hopes and dreams about how wonderful everything will be, rather than a somewhat morose style of lyric, which doesn’t really fit with the tone of the song.

Tom: Very much standard, and I’m not using that as a compliment. That hook just isn’t good enough to bear that much repeating.

Tim: In terms of the tone of the song, though: perfectly good enough. Standard, if you will. Just, yeah, out of its time, and I’m not entirely sure it works. Though actually, with our summer apparently lasting until October I don’t know what they’re moaning about.