Tim: Sherpa’s Danish, and this is a song by him, and listen to it all before you read the rest of this please because you’ll see why.
https://soundcloud.com/sherpamusicdk/broken
Tim: So normally I’m not so keen on a fade-out ending, but, well, that’s not just any fade-out ending. That’s a statement – very much a proper “I’ve made my point, and now I’d like you to think about it please” a bit like when films have something going on during the end credits to keep people hanging around and in the zone.
Tom: If it wasn’t for that chorus, that beautiful soaring vocal on the chorus, I’d have been wondering exactly what that statement is. But what a brilliant chorus. And then, yes, there’s that fade-out.
Tim: And as far as that goes, I think it’s a brilliant feature, especially since by the time it starts we’re already thinking “okay, where’ll you go from here”.
Tom: Yep, it’s pretty full-on. I’m still not convinced by those verses, but there’s so much going on — and so much in the rest of it — that I don’t think I really mind.
Tim: Helps, of course, that the production is fantastic (though I don’t think it would have hurt to have those drums in a bit sooner), which means it also provides that extra bonus of a fade-out: making you want to push play again. Because I do.