Tim: Bryan’s American, and he’s come out with this, to see if we can get 2017 off to a good start.
Tim: And while I’m not sure if I’m particularly a fan of that video, I do know that I absolutely love that song.
Tom: Wait, really? …why?
Tim: The first time I heard it, the chorus came out of nowhere, and was so much better than the maudlin guitar pop it could so easily have been. Instead, it turns into a synth-backed raving banger, and oh, what a great move that is.
Tom: Huh, that’s interesting. For me, the chorus was underwhelming, and just seemed to melt into everything else.
Tim: It’s one of the most enjoyable choruses I’ve heard in a while, both the vocal and instrumental halves, and is one that really gets me sitting up and paying attention.
Tom: Okay, so we like entirely different things about this track. For me, the introduction’s promising, the verses aren’t all that bad, and then it loses its way at the chorus. Full marks for doing a song about somewhere that isn’t New York, but I just can’t get behind it.
Tim: Perhaps I wouldn’t mind chopping about fifty per cent off the middle eight, but I’ve got no real quibbles with this at all – it’s a lovely track.