Tim: In case you’ve been missing Avicii, Britain’s Sondr have teamed up with Sweden’s Peg to bring us something approximating that.
Tom: Sondr and Peg sound like a Nordic comedy duo.
Tom: Blimey, never mind, Sondr and Peg sound like Avicii. Or at least, everyone else that did Avicii-esque tracks a couple of years ago.
Tim: Verses with a gentle instrumental, yes. Chorus vocals over a building backing, yes. A post-chorus that then proceeds to GO OFF, oh, very much so. Deviation from the formula slightly in the first chorus, but otherwise it’s all there, and all behaving very, very nicely.
Tom: And there’s even the beautifully-directed road-trip video, too.
Tim: Ooh, I hadn’t even thought of that, but yes. And not only all those tropes, but we’ve also got the lyric “roll with the punches and twist with the turns, you live, you love, you learn”, which could be my favourite line yet this year. I will very much take this, that you very much, and stick it right on my GOING OUT playlist.
Tom: Just don’t jump into a freezing-cold lake. I don’t recommend it clothed, I can only imagine that naked would be worse.
Tim: Ah, but how will you learn if you’ve never lived?