Friday 13 October 2017

New Music Friday 13/10

I've had a couple weeks off for holiday in Italy, but after too much of all the good stuff from this week's Bake Off episode, I'm back with a handful of tracks worth checking out from today's new releases...


Dagny - Love You Like That

Dagny - Love You Like That

Love You Like That follows Wearing Nothing as another amazing pop song from Norway's Dagny. The slow-burning verse soon bursts into an urgent chorus, the insistent single note melody like true emotions blurting out all at once, while synths fizz and burst. It's an easy track to love.



P!nk, Eminem - Revenge

P!nk, Eminem - Revenge

After the excellent What About Us, with its subtle political leanings, P!nk's follow-up single is a pretty silly affair with Eminem. "Like Leo in the Revenant, Abel in that Bible bit, revenge is sweet isn't it?" it begins over bubbling, funky production, before launching into a feisty yet tongue-in-cheek tirade. "You're a whore, you're a whore, this is war," retorts Eminem in his verse. Maybe he should stick to criticising Trump.



Louis Tomlinson - Just Like You

Louis Tomlinson - Just Like You

Arguably 1D's least musically talented alumni, Just Like You is a smooth track from Tomlinson that's enjoyable despite its unoriginality. With simple lyrics over R&B-tinged production and a dance structure it's just like plenty of other songs, but at least he's not striving for eye-rolling credibility.



Jonas Blue feat. Moelogo - We Could Go Back

Jonas Blue feat. Moelogo - We Could Go Back

After that terrible Tracy Chapman abomination I'm not sure if Jonas Blue deserves our time and attention. Yet there's something alluring about this track - it's guitars soaked in reverb, its lyrics drenched in nostalgia. It might be by-the-numbers dance-pop, but it's got some heart.



Cheat Codes feat. Fetty Wap & CVBZ - Feels Great

Cheat Codes feat. Fetty Wap & CVBZ - Feels Great

As with Jonas Blue, this is a dance-pop track trading in nostalgia. "Do you remember how it feels to be young?" goes the chorus, after the brilliant "Credit cards and my student loan - that's so millennial". All this over pulsing synths and wistful arpeggios - it's a great follow-up to the Demi Lovato featuring No Promises.



Mabel - Begging


This is taken from the singer's debut full-length releases, the mixtape 'Ivy To Roses'. She too is looking to the past, reminiscing on the start of a relationship and lamenting its inevitable decline - "you're not even trying, baby, when we touch it's not the same, so why you tryna make me stay?". This is the pop hit we've been craving from Mabel - give that mixtape a whirl.



Haim - That Don't Impress Me Much

Haim - That Don't Impress Me Much

Haim cover the Shania Twain classic. What's not to love?