Tim: Here’s something pointlessly confusing for you: a Scandivinavian dance pop act called September that is entirely not the September who did Can’t Get Over and Cry For You and that lot.
Tom: That is a very, very odd choice of name. Did they not Google it?
Tim: This lot are Icelandic rather than Swedish, though, as you can probably guess from the song title, which in English means Only Near You.
Tim: Don’t know much about the context of that title, but hey – it’s primarily a tropical-sounding dance tune with occasional pop nods, so its probably not all that important.
Tom: And some decent string-section synths in there, too. But you’re right: standard tropical dance.
Tim: At least, it should be that. Because this would be so, so much improved if that Galantis-style post-chorus were allowed to take the lead more often. There’d be less of the slightly uninteresting verses, and many more dance beats that everyone can properly enjoy. Because damn, they’re good, and I’d love a whole song of that, although I’d allow the odd vocal here and there to keep the variety.
Tom: For most tracks that come through here, I’d agree with you: but here, I don’t, I think they’ve got the balance about right.
Tim: Basically, I want more of the good stuff and less of the boring stuff. Is that really too much to ask?