Tim: In this song, Laleh was us to let her “just be myself”, so let’s have a listen.
Tom: Subtitles! The video has English subtitles! That’s a lovely touch. Well done whoever put that together. Anyway: yes, “just be myself”.
Tim: Truth is, if she’s going to bring us chorus lines like that, I’m very much in favour of doing that.
Tom: Wait, really? This is too slow, too plodding for my tastes.
Tim: Maybe in parts – the verses aren’t always entirely to my taste, as the vocal can get a bit grating for me – but the pre-chorus and chorus are so good that I can entirely and absolutely forgive that. Instrumentation is also very nicely put together – 2nd/4th beat claps can be a bit risky and horribly repetitive, but here they’re used very well indeed.
Tom: It just leaves me cold, alas. I think it’s actually the fault of the melody — or, rather, my brain for just not liking it.
Tim: Well, personally, all in all I’ve few complaints about this. Nice one.