Tim: Despite having had a number of fairly successful tracks since 2012, Otto will most likely always be known as “the guy who did that eh-eh-eh-eh-eh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh song”, which is a bit of a shame.
Tom: But entirely accurate.
Tim: On the other hand, he’s clearly not letting that hold him back, as this new one shows.
Tim: Is it rude to describe that as a bit of a mess? For a good thirty seconds or so, I was considering the possibility that the YouTube uploader had stuck a few extra sounds on there to get it past the copyright system, as it just seems rather chaotic.
Tom: I’m not sure about “a mess”, but it certainly takes a while to get where it’s going — and when it gets there, I’m not sure I want to be there with it.
Tim: There’s good stuff there, sure – love that guitar, for starters – and in fact I’ve no problem with any of the individual components. It’s just…well, to be honest I blame Avicii: he decided it’d be fun to stick some country strumming on a dance track, and now every DJ and his dad is happily chucking accordions and all sorts all over the place, however misguided.
Tom: I’m particularly unsure about that fast one-two, one-two in the background. It’s almost a polka beat, I think? And “singing Losing My Religion like we used to do” isn’t nearly as clever a line as the writer hoped.
Tim: It’s nice, and I’d dance to it – I just can’t help feeling it could be better if it were a bit more streamlined.