Another round up of the week's singles releases. Those with anti-depressants might want to pop them now.
Rainbow Arabia – Boys and Diamond
Kompakt
Rainbow Arabia - Boys and Diamonds by Dipped in Dollars
Danny and Tiffany Preston are back with 'Boys and Diamonds'. Kicking it off with their signature sound of tribal drumming and jungle beats, it's quite a catchy start. But the track falls a little short.
Trying to fuse the world-music rhythms with its more eclectic electro sounds, Tiffany's eerie child-like chanting and the mock ethnic beats are stretched out for too long. I’m not sold; it feels a little like buying a fake tribal bag from Topshop. Nice but a little plastic. 3/5
KC
The Thermals – Never Listen to Me
Kill Rock Stars
The Thermals - Never Listen To Me by halfchannel
This new offering from the Thermals is neither hit or miss. It's sitting gently in between, which I have no qualms with.
Although it's not as full-on as past offerings (i.e. 'Now We Can See' and 'Pillar Of Salt') some might welcome this somewhat laid back Thermals track, some might not. I think I'm in the latter camp. Sorry guys, it just lacks a certain “oomph”. Seriously, it does. 2/5
JC
Mutated Forms – Wastegash
Grid recordings
Mutated Forms - Wastegash by Mutated Forms
I've had enough of the vintage craze. I'm fed up of everything looking and sounding 30 years old, I'm going to start wearing a tin foil hat, inventing the flying car and listening to music which sounds like a robot having a panic attack in a broken washing machine.
This, my friends, is the future. 2/5
TA
The Vaccines – Norgaard
Sony
There's a fairly safe litmus test for judging the popularity of a band. If I've heard of them then they're almost certainly not very cool anymore. When it comes to The Vaccines though, surely they were never cool in the first place?
'Post Break-Up Sex' has the kind of lazy drawl that surely only twelve year-olds find appealing, whilst new single 'Norgaard' is an irritatingly catchy ode to Danish model Amanda Norgaard. The Scouting for Girls of surf pop, and likely to last just as long. 1/5
TJ
Loadstar – Berlin/Hit the Ground
Ram Records
RAMM103 - Loadstar - Berlin / Hit The Ground by RAM Records
Thought we were slowly escaping the social menace that is drum and bass? Think again...
What starts off as two pleasant electronic tunes with wistful synths are attacked half way through by call and response basslines and pounding drums that gradually swallow up the more subtle elements of the tracks, leaving you with nothing but a headache and a vibrating dancefloor by the end. If drum and bass isn’t already dead, this might be the death knell. 1/5
JY
Olly Murs – Heart Skips a Beat
Sony Music
Like the proverbial turd that won’t flush, smirking X Factor twat Olly Murs returns to blight the world with another piece of mindless pop. This track sees our hero firmly in Backstreet Boys territory, belting out the ‘whoa-oh’s and repeating the song’s title 60 times in lieu of actual lyrical skill, whilst a rap duo contribute the odd verse in a fruitless attempt to lend street cred.
One point for an irritatingly catchy keyboard backbeat that had me nodding along against my will like a child being led by the Pied Piper into the cave of banality. 1/5
SK
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