Tim: Galavant are a Swedish production who have very occasionally featured here before, and today we have a prime example of the style John Lundvik should have been aiming for yesterday. Pay attention, John, because you’ll no doubt want to use this come Tokyo 2020.
Tim: And I think that’s a really good instrumental chorus line.
Tom: I think the first half of it is excellent, but that odd, double speed section afterwards just sounds a little bit unpleasant.
Tim: It’s taken me sometime to get on board with this style, but I am all in right now, and this is a great example of using it without thumping beats underneath, without it becoming a bit of a racket and sounding overcompressed.
Tom: I know we spend a lot of time complaining about that style, the same way we spent a lot of time complaining about dubstep five years ago, but that’s because it sounds bloody awful.
Tim: See, I’ve made the switch already. As long it’s it’s not just loud from the melody, down from an excessive drumbeat, I’m fine with it, and here that’s what we’ve got.
The vocals surrounding it are good as well, and the intermediary verse beats, but that major synth line is where it’s really at, and is very good being there. I LIKE it.