Song reviews

It’s not often that I get to describe a song as buoyant in these dark days but that’s exactly what “I’m Your Girl” by Beverly Girl is. Made from retro synth pop dancefloor moves and a touch of Prince, this is the kind of song that keeps your heart beating and your feet moving.

Skewing indiepop off towards the offbeat works well for Telquist – aka Sebastian Eggerbauer – and he duly uses looped beats, synth sounds and his dark sense of humour to make his song “Trash Talk” more interesting than most.

Just the thing to make the soundtrack to a sunset special, “Heebiejeebies” is all wistful and dreamy with Abi Muir weaving in enough simple innocence to make this minor key song seem deeper than might be expected from one so young.

These days country music isn’t the truth that it used to be, but we can always rely on Sofia Talvik to keep fighting the good fight against the mediocrity of the Nashville music monster. “Six Nights Alone” is sentimental reality in song and Ms. Talvik duly makes it special.

More insistent adoration of the golden days of synth pop from Secret Treehouse with their song “At Sunrise” successfully mixing the electronic rigidity of the sequencer with endearing female vocals and duly rendering the end result pleasing to the ear.

Curiously restrained for an indie rock band, Hook seem to be drawing more from the more cerebral days of seventies rock for the inspiration that drives their song “Spoiler Alert” ahead. Clever lyrics and a laidback guitar solo complete the package.

Yes, you can indeed hear class. Amy Swift has class and, with old school stylings keeping her song “Every Little Thing” on course, I would follow the song and her all the way to the bridge. Smooth is where it is at and she is already there.

Whilst distinctly minimalist in his presentation, Rletto nonetheless manages to squeeze in enough night club subversion to make “Whistle While You Work” worthy of a second listen if only to verify that the lyrics are in no way metaphorical.

Ksenia keeps it tidy with her song “Like It Or Not. Neither a note nor a rhyme is wasted in this cleverly cut and paste song that clearly asserts the dichotomy inherent in individuality and commercial success in the modern music business.

There is something about Dee Lunar that I find oddly appealing. She takes fashionable retro influences and throws them into a cauldron already full of irreverence to make a song like “Spread The Love” and gets away with it. Untidy maybe but tasty nonetheless.

Chrissy & The Get Gos get their engine warmed up with “Get Go”. It’s a commercial song that throws in passionate female vocals and the expected rock riffs then, of all things, interjects some reggae rhythms just to make sure your ears don’t get bored. Works for me.

Looped to the limit and casually paced, “Goldress” is as fine an example of the state of r&b music in this day and age as you will find. I would imagine that many BMW drivers will find themselves adding this one to their late night chillout playlist.