PULS – Platin

“I think the video made me dislike the music.”

Tim: The first thirty seconds of this video will irritate you; the remainder of it will freak the hell out of you.

Tom: Yep. Anyone who’s got issues with kidnapping and violence – played for bloodless brutality, but not for laughs – shouldn’t watch this.

Tim: Blimey. Not sure how often the whole psycho-stalker thing has been tackled in music videos previously, but it certainly works to distract attention from the music.

Tom: I think the video made me dislike the music. It’s just unpleasant. There’s no real story there, no rhyme or reason behind it, it’s just nasty throughout for the sake of it.

Tim: It is, really. I don’t know if distraction was the point, but I can’t quite think why it would be because the tune is, quite frankly, a BANGER. It is loud, it is jump-around-able, it has excellent vocal parts to begin with and calm down to.

Tom: I listened again, keeping away from the video, and I’m still not convinced. It’s a BANGER, that’s for sure, but it seems to fall more into ‘noise’ territory than ‘music’ for me – the rap bits in particular leave me cold.

Tim: It’s also nice to hear the return of the snare drum build-up, which I haven’t heard in a while despite them being obligatory up until quite recently. So great song, shame about the video (although if you put it in a background tab, the five seconds from 2:55 do sound quite fun when you’re not expecting them).

Tom: This is one where I’m going to disagree: it’s an unpleasant video for an unpleasant song.