Tom: Is this a comeback attempt, or have they just slipped off my radar lately?
Tom: The first part of this seems to go nowhere until that synth line kicks in, and then… well, it’s like an old Sugababes album took a few downers and decided to take a rest for a while. And then – just to kick it while it’s down – a dubstep middle eight arrives in an attempt to break up any dancability.
Tim: I don’t mind the dubstep bit, but you’re right that it does take a bit too long to get going.
Tom: Timothy Jeffries! You “don’t mind” the dubstep bit? What happened to your railing against all things dubstep? I remember you calling me out when I said I didn’t mind a dubstep track a while ago.
Tim: Well, as the somewhat disappointing early breakfast fill-in DJ on Radio 1 said when I was half-asleep this morning whilst defending her record of the week (the execrable Nero reworking of The Jets’ Crush on You), “it works it way in, and that’s what dubstep does.” (She did, however, then go on to play What Makes You Beautiful, so she’s somewhat forgiven.)
Tom: It’s got the same vibe as ‘About You Now’, only much slower.
Tim: Much slower, to the extent that it’s, unfortunately, not remotely in the same league.
Tom: Can you imagine a dancefloor bouncing to this? The last chorus almost recovers to ‘enthusiastic’, but it’s not quite there.