Rose's Re-Reviews: Noisettes, White Lies, Metro Station, Animal Collective
- Mar 25, 2009
Everyone has gone pop this week. The Noisettes, previously average creators of noisy indie, have morphed into Flares-friendly hitmakers, White Lies have taken their doom-mongering to the Brandon Flowers church of chartdom, while even Animal Collective have made a wonderfully accessible contribution. Then there is Metro Station, who couldn't get more pop if they had a Disney star as a family member. Oh wait... Plenty to jump around to/chunter about regardless, so peruse for your pleasure.
The Noisettes â“ Don't Upset The Rhythm
A 9/10 welcomes The Noisettes from Contact Music, which calls this "an upbeat galloping tune with a wonderfully catchy hook". This lofty praise is continued by Female First, which loves this "sleek pop song, steeped in soul, dizzy on disco", awarding 10/10. The Northern Echo agrees that it "makes you definitely want to get up and dance". The painstaking catchiness alone is worth 7/10. After hearing it once you will have it stuck in your head and may possibly buy a certain brand of car.
White Lies â“ Farewell To The Fair
After that love-in, hurrah for criticism â“ God Is In The TV thinks this song's "cliche ridden lyrics ('Keep on running - there's no place like home') eventually drive one to violence" and votes it a 2/10 track. Angry Ape agrees that White Lies' 1980s aping is "beginning to sound too outdated". MSN contradicts by describing it as "a rip roaring and atmospheric anthem". It's clear to see why it's been chosen as a single - the chorus goes all Killers â“ but it is 5/10 standard, simple stuff.
Metro Station â“ Shake It
They are touring with Fallout Boy, Miley Cyrus' brother is their singer, need we go on? OK, BBC aptly calls it "like an episode of Skins, or those late-night Hollyoaks they do, in pop song form". Yes, it's a bit risqué, for brand Hannah Montana. Digital Spy observes that it is "Passable at best. Except, crucially, for the chorus, which is big" and decides on 6/10. About admits it is "instantly catchy" too. Its repetitive chorus smothers the song in a chart-bothering embrace, nabbing it a 5/10 in the process.
Animal Collective â“ My Girls
If the start sounded any more like The Shins it would crowbar itself into Garden State, which is no bad thing. Male First "love it", revelling in a 10/10 "something special". Alt Sounds comments that it is "an infectious ode to domestic joy delivered over blissed-out synth rhythms, compelling and catchy". Sub City is another advocate of this "bouncing trip of exceptional psych pop", which does gradually build into a cocoon of blissful mood music that is worthy of 8/10 and this week's best single tag.
