Tom: Any listeners with sensitive ears: watch out for a quick F-bomb at the end of this one.
Tim: Ooh, they missed an apostrophe in there. That’s not good.
Tom: “Thats not good”, surely? Anyway, reader Isabella writes in with this one and adds: “This is, quite simply, fantastic.” A bold statement.
Tim: Bold indeed, but certainly an acceptable viewpoint. Any further thoughts?
Tom: Well, she’s also sent a well-written summary of the song that more-or-less matches with my thoughts, so I’ll quote it here:
“I can best describe the verses as ‘biting’ but the unbelievably poppy chorus reaches stratospheric heights (just WAIT until the beat of the first one kicks in) and the full-on screaming near the end actually enhances the effect rather than feeling out-of-place.”
Tim: Do you know, that pretty much matches my views as well.
Tom: It’s a cracking chorus. Now, I think that she’s being charitable with ‘biting’, that the Keynotes-esque follow-the-bouncing-ball effect on the lyrics does the band no favours at all—
Tim: Nor does the apostrophe they missed, although I like what they did with the ‘jump on my shoulders’.
Tom: —and the middle eight overstays its welcome a bit… but this is a proper anthemic singalong track, and I can forgive them all that.
Tim: Yeah. And although after a minute and a half or so it felt like it would have to drag on a lot, it really didn’t when it played out. Good stuff.