Song reviews

Pixx adds passion to the cold electronic world where her musical demons reside with “Baboo” having more than enough poetry and pop sensibility to make the song uplifting. Over too soon, as they say.

A Canadian synth pop duo, Prince Innocence play the game of numbers with their downbeat and wistful song “Polished”. Repression, oppression, depression – it’s all squeezed into those sequenced beats.

It would appear that Michelle Rosen is from Israel yet her song “In The Sun” has that polished sentimentality that you might expect of a New Yorker. It’s a big city song but she has the kind of innocent voice to carry it off into the sunset.

Karen Meat and the Computer are so deliberately laconic that they might well be the royalty of anti-cool yet their little lo-fi synth pop ditty “On The Couch” has enough countryfied rough edges and sheer sequenced persistence to make you want to drink a lot of beer and then apply to join their band.

It doesn’t take much effort to guess that De Montevert are from Sweden as “Hostage” is exactly the kind of electropop song that is exported from that part of the world. There’s a guitar solo to keep things interesting and Ellinor Nilsson’s voice makes it all seem so easy.

Ali Carter has one of those clear voices that you just know will bring life to any kind of love song and her song “Open To You” unsurprisingly shows that she indeed wears her heart on her sleeve but she does so with a fair degree of poetic eloquence.

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that electro-swing and Jamie Berry’s “Lost In The Rhythm” is just the song to prove that. The song’s dancefloor roots are there for all to hear and Octavia Rose has the voice to make it all seem super cool.

“Dance The Extra Mile” provides enough evidence to suggest that Auna Sims is the kind of earnest singer songwriter whose words will bear closer examination even if the rather heavy handed production adds awkwardness rather than support.

There’s nothing wrong with being chart friendly and Serinette are just that with “Roadshow” tearing up the road with a sense of purpose that other indie rock bands just don’t have. You might just have to sing along with this one.

It’s getting near festival season and consequently “Hanging” seems like the perfect advert for Little Brother Eli. Stylistically, there are no surprises but this Oxford based band are sufficiently energetic to convince even hardened blues rock fans.

“Poison” might well be lo-fi but this is no mere song for the shifty with Mouses kicking up enough anarchic dust on their three minute dash to choke the competition. This is a song with undeniable spirit.

“Closer” is a song that sounds bleak yet you should give it time as Anna Marcella’s voice brings a fairytale quality to Sykoya’s song that proves to be enticing. There are, as they say, darker forces at work everywhere.