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CLMD feat. Astrid S – Dust

“That chorus stands out so far above everything else.”

Tim: February’s rubbish, so shall we have a nice dance track with a great title to pretend it’s summer?

Tim: I’ll be honest, I’ve got no idea what ‘dust’ means as a verb aside from doing a bit of light housework, and given that that’d be a weird thing to sing about, let’s do music.

Tom: Mediocre verse, slightly dodgy pre-chorus, wonderful bit of instrumental work in the chorus. That chorus stands out so far above everything else.

Tim: I’d dispute the ‘mediocre’, but your last sentence is bang on: I’ve listened to this four or five time times now and it’s showing no signs whatsoever of getting tiring. It’s a lovely tune, albeit with a slight disconnect between the lyrics and the general mood in the melody; regardless, listen to it and be energised, as far as I’m concerned.

Tom: And while I’m not convinced by that verse, I’m in favour of the more complex rhythm patterns in the vocals there: there’s more than you might expect.

Tim: Exactly what I need right now with this tedious day of admin I’ve got to get through.

CLMD – Wild Men

“The first time you push play you won’t be concentrating on the music.”

Tim: This is a video that could be taken several ways: funny, weird, maybe horrifically disturbing. Either way, the first time you push play you won’t be concentrating on the music.

Tom: Which doesn’t say much for the music, really.

Tim: Perhaps not, but if you switch the screen off and just focus on the sound, you can really appreciate it somewhat, or at least understand what the video has to do with the music. It’s not particularly special – this would most likely fall into the forgettable category you introduced on Tuesday – but I think the video at least is worth a note.

Tom: I’m not sold on that video: adding subtitles doesn’t really work in a music video.

Tim: No – only really serves to further distract from the sound. It’s not a bad track by any means, but it’s all somewhat standard, and the video really isn’t. So what does that tell us? That the two dance producers would be better off script-writing? They should just focus on the day job? Or perhaps nothing at all, and what we should really be doing is DANCING when a DJ puts this on in a club, because I’d very happily do that.