Tim: Four young British lads, all with lovely hair – of course you’re going to be a boyband.
Tom: Crikey, it’s like McFly went acoustic. And were ten years younger.
Tim: It’s surely time to wonder if the British boyband market is yet saturated; perhaps it is, though these guys see themselves more in the ‘be actually musical’ vein of McFly and Busted than the ‘stand around and sing’ vein of One Direction, Union J and The Wanted. They’ve supported McFly on tour, are managed by the same group and their B-sides include covers of Year 3000 and Five Colours In Her Hair.
Tom: Ha. That makes sense.
Tim: Speaking of B-sides, they’ve certainly done everything they can to sell this, with eleven ways for the dedicated adolescent to purchase it, including CDs (one that comes with baseball cards), a signed DVD, a Nashville remix, a version featuring Pixie Lott, the obligatory dance remix and finally a couple of ‘just them’ recordings, with differing members taking lead vocal duties.
Tom: And each version will count separately for the charts.
Tim: Of course, none of that matters if it’s a crap track (though actually, Little Things became one of One Direction’s biggest hits so ignore that), but it isn’t a crap track, it’s a good track, so well done to everyone.
Tom: Agreed: this is well written, well sung, and well produced.
Tim: Or at least well done for this version; I really can’t be bothered to listen to all of them.