Tim: I pressed play, thought “hmm, this is okay, I’ll keep going”, switched over to Twitter. Then the chorus happened.
Tim: You see? While the song’s certainly not bad up until that point, it does slip into “decent but unremarkable ballad” territory.
Tom: And it stays there for a while, too: there is a lot of build-up to each of the choruses, and I think it could do with not-boring-us-getting-to-the-chorus a bit more.
Tim: You’re not wrong there – the chorus brings the song a whole new, and arguably quite needed, lease of life, turning it into one I properly want to click along to and get excited about.
Tom: Mm. Not quite that effect on me, despite a certain air of familiarity. What worked earlier this week just doesn’t here, for me.
Tim: And yes, I’m aware it sounds quite similar to some other track, but I don’t want to spend time worrying about what song it is – I just want to spend time listening to this, as it’s great.