Tim: Half British and half Norwegian, this is a new electropop duo with an utterly ridiculous name.
https://soundcloud.com/meow-uk/radio-silence
Tim: Nice track, this, not least for that chorus, with it’s fairly determined earworm hook in it which is refusing to go anywhere and the second half of it which is really very very good indeed.
Tom: Agreed: that chorus comes out of nowhere, and while it it isn’t a match for the rest of the song, I think the clash works.
Tim: It’s got a weird mix of mood in it – I’m not sure if I’m meant to hear it this way, but while its obviously a fairly downbeat track for the most part, that “radio radio radio” seems like a sudden glint of happiness in the middle. Sticks out a bit, but not in a bad way, I don’t think, because it’s an excuse to just yell out that bit and get everyone in the train carriage to look at you (which may or may not just have happened).
Tom: There are worse songs to be singing along to. At least no-one joined in.
Tim: And in the end, if a song can make you sing along involuntarily, I think that’s a pretty good song. Though not always.
Tom: Crikey, there’s a blast from the past. One of the few songs on that album where it’s difficult to tell it apart from the original.
Tim: WHAT A TUNE.