Rose's Re-Reviews: The Veronicas, Black Eyed Peas, Little Boots, Shontelle ft. Akon
- May 27, 2009
Well, if you take Black Eyed Peas seriously, their new single may be the year's worst song. If you're a little tipsy or just inclined to braggadocio, beats and utter idiocy, it's terrific. Sort of. Maybe. The Veronicas new release is so-so, Little Boots surely has more in her extensively-hyped locker and the less said about Shontelle and Akon the better. Welcome to the week's Re-Reviews.
The Veronicas â“ Untouched
A girl group writing their own shiny pop songs, it's The Veronicas. "Their laser-tooled electro-emo brims with genuine teenage emotion and thrills coldly with its perfect structure," says NME. "I began to love the happy electro pop sound emitting from my computer," admits Female First, marking 9/10. Idiomag was equally full of praise, calling Untouched "a slick rock pop track with electro and gothic influence". With plenty of styles being thrown together into one mixed mesh of a single, it maintains a simple catchiness. 6/10.
Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
Fresh from being announced as performing at Glastonbury, Black Eyed Peas make their comeback. "A fairly ridiculous robopop stomper featuring no real chorus," notes Digital Spy's 8/10 review. BBC marvels at the hypnotic wonder of this ridiculously brilliant song" and gives it 10/10. Unreality Shout also adores the "truckload of electronic fuzz. It's simply brilliant". With a big beat, autotune and daft words - "I'm so 3008/you're so 2000 and late" isn't even the song's worst lyrics â“ it is still plenty of silly fun. 7/10.
Little Boots â“ New In Town
After being everywhere all year, New In Town seems rather inaccurate. Daily Music Guide observes: "Full to the brim with synths, 'New In Town' will no doubt be a winner on the dancefloor," grading 7/10. The Guardian notes that this "efficient electro-pop" will be a hit, "but something's missing â“ her". Still, Consequence of Sound believes Little Boots' "synth-approved sound" is "insanely catchy". It does feel slightly superfluous for a single and the hype isn't justified here. 5/10.
Shontelle ft. Akon - Stuck With Each Other
Akon, quick! There's a new female singer and you haven't collaborated yet. Phew, some more slow syrupy shtick. New Music Reviews calls this "another fantastic single" and votes 9/10. Thankfully, The Singles Jukebox thinks it's a "ho-hum bleached ballad executed in a ruthlessly professional fashion". DJ Booth explains that "sentimentality sells" on "starry-eyed odes to true love at first sight" like this. Akon says "hey" a bit and collects more money, the sane world goes away and listens to something else. 2/10.
