Tim: No music from Sarah for four years, but now she’s been got in to appear on the soundtrack for a new Swedish film which is out a week today. You might think I’d have better things to do that hunt down the plot and find out exactly what the context of this song is, and you’d be entirely right. I can give you a translation of the title, though: If You Call My Name.
Tom: BORED.
Tim: And for once, that’s not just you, because I kind of agree. Thing is, it’s a song that is exactly right for her voice, but simultaneously doesn’t remotely do it justice. Let’s remember that this is the woman who brought us Moving On, a fairly similar track but which takes her lovely voice, starts out with it pleasantly and then dials it up to a million and a half. Here, it’s a nice song, and I’m guessing it’ll sound fine over the closing credits, probably the second song that comes after the big song that plays over all the big names, once things have calmed down a bit.
Tom: It’s so by-the-numbers, isn’t it? There’s barely a surprise even in here. The middle eight is a relief because it does something different, but the rest is… competent? I think the word is competent.
Tim: Yeah, sounds right. Doesn’t do anything wrong, but it also give Sarah any scope for great passion – a minute forty in, there’s a voice that’s desperate to go into overdrive, and yet it’s never really given the chance. Shame, really. Missed opportunity.