D.D DUMBO: Satan
It was all quiet on the D.D Dumbo front after heaps of promise a couple of years back, and it seems like that period of time has been put into honing songcraft with the release of Satan. It shows a true sense of daring, in control of every impulse while still accommodating them. Big things are in store.
GEORGIA FIELDS FEAT. PHIA: Open Orange
Open Orange works the lo-fi vocal snapped into clarity a bit like Tame’s Less I Know The Better. The food-as-fucking metaphors work for the most part, aided by a mood that sits somewhere between night-time lullaby and morning awakening.
ADELE: Send My Love To Your New Lover
Reckon the best comparison here is to Bieber’s Love Yourself in tone and instrumentation, but the Ed Sheeran-style minimal acoustic loops don’t do it for me. Love Adele, but the vocal melody on the hook doesn’t play to her strengths.
PITBULL FEAT. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS: Messin’ Around
This sounds exactly how you would expect it to sound: not very good at all. This could have been heaps horny, but is instead anti-horny.
CABLE TIES: Same For Me
One of the sickest bands to emerge in Melbourne in recent times, Cable Ties spank it for six on Same For Me, taken from their double A-side seven inch. This one starts off strong, then unleashes sock-knocking fury in the chorus. Not to mention the blown out solo that sets up the final shout-along. Raw power.
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
SPIKE FUCK: Guts
This one’s been out for a few months now, but it’s a grower. Grown to be my favourite track of the year, in fact. It clocks in at six minutes, but not a single second feels anything less than vital. It shimmers and soars in understatement, circling the heart in perfect measure. Every ingredient is faultless. It’s a ripper of a ballad.
