Tim: Brilliant fact I’ve just discovered: Sigala comes from my wonderful hometown of Norwich (strapline: A Fine City). But anyway, I’d like you to push play on this lyric video, and then close your eyes so you can’t read the words. Just for the first fifteen seconds or so.
Tom: Your garlic sea?
Tim: Actually, I was more wondering exactly where that ultra light beam was staring, but if you don’t hear it then I won’t spoil it for you. But misheard lyrics aside, this is very good, not least because it has strong echoes of Galantis lurking around in there.
Tom: About thirty second in, I forgot this wasn’t Galantis. It feels very much like their style — albeit with a lot of Sigala’s synth patches applied to it.
Tim: In fact, that’s the main reason I like it so much – we’re into the time of the year where we can look back, and I can safely say that Love On Me is at least top five of 2016 for me.
Tom: Mm, that’s not unreasonable. There is a minor trend for these sort of happy, fun tracks, and I’m on board with it.
Tim: Right – this brings out some of the same emotions and feelings, and with very similar instrumentation it’s not hard to see why. But I don’t care that it’s markedly similar – all I want to do is enjoy the song, and I very much do.