Tim: Remember Agnes, off of four years ago?
Tom: Nope.
Tim: Yes you do, you know, her.
Tom: Oh, her.
Tom: Whoa. That is emotional.
Tim: Bit different, isn’t it? Previously was CLUB BANGER, but now we have beat-heavy ballad, and I like it. Partly because it’s been a while since I heard a song where the emotion of the lyrics is mirrored so perfectly in both the delivery of them and the music behind them.
Tom: Sinéad O’Connor’s version of “Nothing Compares 2 U” comes to mind. Not because this song’s equal to it – it’s a good track, but it’s not that good – but becaues it has that perfect match between vocals and instrumentation.
Tim: Right. Normally something seems a tad off – maybe it’s a bit too fast, or the voice is too excited – but here it just seems to work. She’s not too over-the-top screamy desperate, and the music’s got just the right amount of, well, whatever it is that it needs to be right. (That made sense in my head, I promise.)
Tom: Once I parsed that sentence, I can only agree.
Tim: It’s even there in the video – the quiet longing, not overplayed but just enough to really get you if you’re feeling a bit emotional. Basically, here everything goes together perfectly, and because of that, full marks.
Tom: It’s a proper break-up song. If you’re in the mood for that, well, it will do the job nicely.