Tim: Is your head ready to be rocked from side to side?
Tom: Not really. My neck’s been giving me a bit of trouble lately.
Tim: Oh. Well, tough.
Tim: I don’t know if it’s the fact that I’ve been hearing (and rejecting) a lot of mediocre stuff recently, but I flipping love this. It’s properly vibrant, which is a good thing when it comes to music.
Tom: When it kicks in, it’s bloody amazing.
Tim: Isn’t it? The verses start quiet before building up to each chorus, which is always a nice touch.
Tom: That’s a proper anticipatory build there, and normally it’d be cheesy – but the production here makes it work.
Tim: Indeed, and the choruses themselves check all the boxes: energy, volume, catchiness, singalongability*.
Tom: I can see a Swedish club dancing to this. Long double-bridge, though, but that just makes it sound better when it finally comes back.
Tim: Regarding that, though, is it just me or does the re-entry from the bridge seem a bit off? It feels to me like they’ve chopped out two beats, and I find that mildly disconcerting.
Tom: Really? I don’t think two more beats of drum fill would help anything. Ever.