Tim: You’ll push play, you’ll hear a nice gentle schlager track.
Tom: Just over three minutes. Keyboards and dark synths. Calm, accented English. By the numbers, I assume?
Tim: Keep listening.
Tim: So, Eurovision ballad verses, choruses which occasionally hit Nightwish levels…
Tom: You know, Nightwish were exactly what came to mind, and it’s mainly because of that guitar sound. I don’t think it’s actually anywhere near their level, but it’s certainly trying.
Tim: …and no damn key change.
Tom: …er, yes there is. Compare the final chorus with the one before, it’s shifted up an entire register.
Tim: Oh. Yes, you’re right. Erm…
Tom: Care to rephrase…?
Tim: Okay, so seemingly I didn’t really notice it, which as far as I’m concerned means it didn’t happen properly. Because at 2:32 I had an idea of exactly what was going to happen: in true The Girl style, we’d have “follow your dreams and get into the light. FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AND GET INTO THE LIGHT”, which would have been incredible. Except it didn’t happen, and it sounded a bit disappointing.
On the other hand, as I’ve already said, the rest is really, really good. So it’s not so bad. BUT I WANT THAT AMAZING KEY CHANGE.