Shiny Toy Guns - 'You Are The One'
Ah, so many great tracks are hitting the charts these days. And it's because of this you have to do something really different to catch everyone's ear. We're all getting harder to please in our chart cocoon of Avril Lavigne, Fall Out Boy, Kaiser Chiefs...all feeding us new and exciting things to get our teeth into.
So reading the title 'You Are The One', you can imagine me sinking low in my chair (damn near reached ground level at one point. Turns out my chair is adjustable, great amusement for hours β there was spinning) in disappointment. Come on, "the one"? The concept has been done to death! Hang your head in shame fellas, SHAME.
It was after this melodramatic outburst (and a few extra spins of my chair) that I decided to actually give it a few proper listens. At first I stuck to my guns, posturing and muttering "it's dull", "snore" and the franky irritable "are we bothered?" under my breath. Naturally, I couldn't keep it up. It's usually after closing my mind and then opening it again I get to turn it all around and say that the song I've been moaning about is not all bad after all.
So in keeping with tradition, it really isn't all bad, fairly neutral in fact. After all, a band with βshiny' in its name should NEVER be given up on, right? They have got the cool synths, the belted-out lady-man-lady-vocals and the amateur-Killers thing going on. It's just a shame that 'You Are The One' doesn't seem to be THE one for the catching of the ear.
We wait for a better example of your shiny goodness; we know it exists - so no excuses!
Download: Out now
CD Released: April 12th
(Sophie W)
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