Tim: This is the lead single from this Swedish Grammis-nominated dansband act’s new(ish) album, and, well, it’s not exactly dansband as we’d expect.
Tom: Dubstep dansband?
Tim: Not quite…
Tim: It is, in fact, as mind-numbingly schlager as it comes.
Tom: Not dubstep dansband. Although that is something I’d listen to. And my word: this is as if someone put thirty years of schlager in a blender and made a generic smoothie. A wonderful, mixed-metaphor smoothie.
Tim: Three minutes long, a ridiculous key change, as traditional as they come, really. So is it too much? I’m not sure, really – it’s nice to listen to, but it’s just so formulaic that it seems almost dull, really.
Tom: I broke out into a grin when it started. Half way through, I noticed the glockenspiel playing in the background and grinned again. I started dancing in my chair at the key change. I have no problems with this song at all.
Tim: Or maybe my music tastes have changed – what do you think?
Tom: Well, they do change: you’ll remember that I dismissed dubstep as noise two years ago, but now my ears have adjusted to it. But if you didn’t enjoy this: man, I’m not even sure I know you.
Tim: Actually, you know what? I’ve just listened to it again after a couple of days, and I have no idea what I was blathering about up there. It’s BRILLIANT. And you’re so bloody right about that glockenspiel.
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