Tim: You ever wondered what might happen if Alan Walker got his hands on a ballad? I’m guessing something like this.
Tim: And oh, damn, do I want more of that.
Tom: That’s such a good introduction and first verse — and you’re absolutely right, that chorus sounds a lot like Alan Walker’s style. Or, rather, Alan Walker’s style back when it was new and exciting. (Harsh, I know, but I really didn’t get that track you sent over a few days ago.)
Tim: Fair enough, as I’m not sure even I’d describe it as new and exciting – it’s just, there. Or, indeed, here.
Tom: You said you want more, though?
Tim: Correct. I’ve moaned more than enough previously about middle eights going away, but those very last seconds made me think we going in for a lovely new stringy melody for twenty seconds or so, perhaps repeating for another twenty with a good beat on top of it, before coming back for one final triumphant chorus. As it is…nope. Damn you, Mike, Sonic and Hot. Damn you all, because that’s a great track and it deserves more than being cut short after less two and half minutes.
Tom: Streaming is making music shorter, it seems.
Tim: True, and I guess a song that never properly resolves is that much more likely to be repeated. It’s a great vocal, a nice melody and a bloody fantastic dance section. I WANT MORE.