Tim: We didn’t feature his last one, All In My Head, barely a couple of months old, because I didn’t like it much and didn’t have much to say about it, and those are basically my two criteria. This one, on the other hand, fits into both of those nicely.
Tim: This is odd – it’s a strange deviation from the musical journey he seems to have been on, from his pop beginnings in E.M.D. through to drum and bass, via dance tracks, a half and half tune and then full-on D&B like All In My Head.
Tom: If he can keep shifting genres this well, though, that can only be a good thing: after all, Robbie Williams managed to put out an entire album of swing covers, and that seemed to do well. There are some artists where you know exactly what you want the new single will sound like – and some where it’s a good thing when they mix it up.
Tim: That’s true, and I prefer this so I don’t have a problem with it.
Tom: Yep, it helps that this is a really good track.
Tim: I do have a problem with the first line of the chorus, which gets me suddenly wanting to sing the chorus of Jar of Hearts, and I slightly wish it wouldn’t take quite so long to get get going, but once the first chorus hits it’s all plain sailing. I’m happy with it.
Tom: What a final chorus, too: that’s a lighters-in-the-air moment and no mistake.
Tim: It really is…although, and I know I’m dragging this out a bit from yesterday, this could easily be a JLS track and if it was I probably wouldn’t like it.
Tom: Are you having a crisis of confidence or something, Tim? What with this and your recent ‘not sure about schlager’ thing, I’m wondering if you’re going through some kind of mid-blog crisis.
Tim: Oh, I don’t know.