Tom: Wonderland: five-piece girl group manufactured by Louis Walsh. So far, so ordinary. Only this isn’t your normal girl group track: it’s slow, it’s mostly in five-part harmony, and there’s not a drumkit to be seen anywhere.
Tim: Hmm…
Tim: I repeat. Hmm.
Tom: Take that, the Saturdays. No ridiculous autotune here – or, if there is, it’s subtle enough that I can’t notice it. And sure, it’s slow, but that final chorus – with just enough instrumentation to give it a proper lift – is just beautiful.
Tim: And also, kind of boring. Sorry, because I accept that it is beautiful, and charming, and moving, and could bring a tear to the eye of someone somewhere, probably – but I just find it a bit dull.
Tom: This has been out on an album for months now, but it’s getting a formal single release – whatever that counts for these days – soon. That probably means that Walshy is trying to give the group another push before going on with whatever wins the X Factor this year.
Tim: Walshy? Are we best buds with him now or something?
Tom: Well, it was meant to sound vaguely sarcastic, but I don’t think it really works in text. Anyway – is it sacrilege to want a remix of this? I’m not sure if it would ruin it or make it a floorfiller, but either way I want to hear it.
Tim: Yes. This track’s USP (some might say only SP) is its quietness and calmness and all that. Take that away, and you’re left with…well, I don’t know what but it probably wouldn’t be good. Mind you, I’d have said the same thing about Evergreen, and look what happened there.