Tim: Will Young? He makes music for my grandparents, doesn’t he? No, and this has a lovely Sound of Arrows feel to it – gentle music but with a fair beat behind it – and for that reason I like this considerably.
Tom: “And it feeeels… like Jersey.” I know that’s not what he’s singing, but it’s all I can hear.
Tim: Eh, a little bit, I guess. Anyway, some may think “Oh, this isn’t the lovely Evergreen Will Young we started off with, I like his granny-pleasing stuff;” this is true, but music changes and this is an example of good change.
Tom: Agreed, with that and with the Sound of Arrows comparison. I suspect this will eventually get a genre name, in the same way that electroswing existed for years before it coalesced into an actual genre.
Tim: Others may say that it’s still just boring old Will Young and we want something HEAVY.
Tom: To a certain extent, they’re right: he gets going a bit during the last chorus, but it never really reaches any kind of apex.
Tim: Well, I think you’re wrong, but if you want to RAVE to this, have a remix by The Alias.
Tom: And that fixed it in the first fifteen seconds.