AeroLynx Music Blog

There's been a lot of hype for Arcade Fire's new music, and for a good reason. Everything Now was a stellar song, with Creature Comfort and Signs of Life building on the danceable retro but not unoriginal feel. And then they release this song. It's only sung by the backup singer, not as a harmony/duet with the main singer in the way that worked really well in the other singles. The song does have a really good instrumental and simple line of keyboards and bass that makes you want to dance in your living room, but that is overshadowed by the vocals. The vocals do have some meaning, but after the other single's very meaningful lyrics, a breakup's just not going to cut it. And also, the chorus is just na-na-na-na over and over, which adds nothing to the song and would be hell when played over and over. The song is a bit of a pain to listen to, with its cringe worthy falsetto and repeating lyrics, and no doubt you'll not want to listen to the whole thing either.

I really don't know what to think about this song. The song is mainly boring summer pop, but it also has a few redeeming qualities. The lyrics could've been taken from a pop song lyric generator, and they don't correctly take advantage of Mark Foster's voice like Pay The Man or Doing It For The Money do. The song also tends to hide behind some basic electronic flourishes, which also are extremely unimpressive. The only redeeming qualities of the song are its bass (that could actually be a real instrument) which anchors the song and the few summery guitar bits that could've brought this song a lot closer to the message it wanted. That could basically sum up the song: potential, wasted. https://open.spotify.com/album/37UA0lZ3j64TGXZGnikUyE

When I set out to review this EP, it was a bit forced because I originally thought that these songs and this band weren't that good. But when I really gave it  few listens, my mind changed- I'm not saying I was blown away, but I definitely saw some major appeal and good elements in these songs. I'll start with the obvious song: Sweat, the A-side, but not the better of the two. Its got a sort of Gorillaz feeling opening, launching into Sir Sly-like vocals but then revealing its true self: Fun. style pop "rock" with tendencies towards Arctic Monkeys- like tones that give the band it's Emo label. The Fun. like chorus is a bit boring, but the verses go from meh to memorable- meh being the annoying "I'm not a basic dude" in close proximity to the memorable "I know that it's hard to face the music that I lay to you." The characteristic pop rock guitar solo at the end doesn't really take away from the message of Emo insecurity, throu