Tim: You can run, you can hide, but you can’t es— wait, no that’s wrong. Erm, right, this. First track off his second solo album (the rest of The Killers are also looking elsewhere a bit), and he’s got a rather lovely Orlando Bloom look to him.
Tim: And I’d say that’s somewhere along the lines of top notch, really.
Tom: Although apparently the VHS tracking went a bit wrong at the very start.
Tim: Yes, although fortunately that didn’t seem to affect the sound, which is distinctive enough from the band’s output that no-one’d get them confused, but still with his recognisable enough vocal to keep any fans onboard. As for people that just like Mr Brightside and When You Were Young? Hmmm, might be disappointed, but I reckon there’ll be enough new folks enjoying this to cancel out that miserable lot.
Tom: But to be fair, the people who just like the Big Killers Tracks are disappointed by almost anything the band puts out.
Tim: Fair point. It’s really almost a natural continuation of the journey begun with Shot At The Night, though instead of M83 we’ve got production by Ariel Rechtshaid, who’s also worked with Haim and Charli XCX, so that’s nice enough.
Tom: It’s a brave choice to put orchestra hits on a track in 2015: it says something about the production that they can actually pull it off.
Tim: As far as I’m concerned, this is a very good track indeed, and that chorus that comes out of the middle eight is a proper triumph, so well done to everyone there.