Two New Music Fridays to do because I missed the one for the 9th March so we're going to begin with four songs from the 9th March New Music Friday playlist including Australia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest (I cannot believe we haven't worn out our welcome in that competition yet) and the latest from Kylie Minogue.
Let's begin with our Eurovision Song Contest entry, shall we?
Song: We Got Love
Artist: Jessica Mauboy
She was the interval act at Eurovision a couple of years ago and now Jessica Mauboy will again participate at Eurovision this time as a contestant with the song "We Got Love" - a pop song pretty much tailor made and targeted for Eurovision, seriously, it's like they looked like at the formula for Dami Im's success with "Sound of Silence" and went "EUREKA" because "We Got Love" plays directly from a formula and yeah I do like it in the sense that will be a better live song than the recording.
Rating: 7/10
Song; Stop Me From Falling
Artist: Kylie Minogue
The latest single from Kylie Minogue's upcoming album "Golden" and we get a more blatantly country song that is more than reminiscent of Dolly Parton and recent Miley Cyrus but like with "Dancing", "Stop Me from Falling" retains a lot of that Kylie sparkle which makes this song a pretty damn good to sing and dance along to. Hopefully radio falls in love with the song because yeah, it's pretty darn great.
Rating; 8/10
Song: Sanctify
Artist: Years and Years
You may remember Years and Years for their 2015 top ten smash "King" which peaked at number 9 on the ARIA singles chart, a song that really wasn't a fan of myself but their new single "Sanctify" is a massive improvement on "King" with it sounding very influenced by India or at least sections of Bollywood. I enjoyed it quite honestly. Good job.
Rating: 8/10
Song: There's A Reason
Artist: Wet
Wet are a two member indie pop group based in Brooklyn New York with "There's a Reason" being the lead off single from their second album and quite honestly, this a nice straight forward pop song but I cannot help thinking that the song could have done with a change up but otherwise it's a nice easy to listen to song.
Rating: 7/10
Best of the week (March 9th): "Sanctify" by Years and Years.
Worst: Not sure there was anything egregiously bad to give out a worst of the week
Now onto March 16th and we begin with the return of Kygo,
Song: Remind Me to Forget
Artists: Kygo, Miguel
It's not often I am reminded of Sam Smith but Miguel's really soulful delivery especially on the verses, it's one of the things I admire about Kygo's production on his songs, he knows how to use the instrumentation to best suit the vocalist be it Miguel or Selena Gomez. Only thing that I am finding a bit off about this song is that breakdown which kind of sucks.
Rating: 7/10
Song: Done for Me
Artists: Charlie Puth, Kehlani
The latest single from Charlie Puth's delayed second album VoiceNotes with Puth turning up a modern disco with the help of Kehlani (an artist who I have never been a strong fan of) for a song that is about a relationship where Puth question what his partner has done for him when he is giving everything for her and Kehlani plays the part of the girlfriend. Honestly the groove here is pretty tight and would be fun to dance to. I kind of like it.
Rating: 8/10
Song: Everybody Hates Me
Artist: The Chainsmokers
I am convinced that every single song by The Chainsmokers is beginning to sound alike in some ways eg: the drop on this song and their single with Coldplay "Something Just Like This" sound very similar. This song is apparently about Andrew Taggart's feelings of loneliess and self criticism. Look to be blunt this song sucks and judging by the diminishing returns The Chainsmokers have seen this year, the public have finally woken up.
Rating: 3/10
Song: Alien
Artists: Sabrina Carpenter, Jonas Blue
So Sabrina Carpenter is back and this time she has teamed up with Jonas Blue for a new single and I have to be honest here, I am not convinced that this is the best work either artist has done. Sabrina sounds kind of checked out on the song but it's still good...it's better than that dreck from The Chainsmokers.
Rating 6/10
Best: "Remnd Me to Forget" by Kygo and Miguel
Worst: "Everybody Hates Me" by The Chainsmokers.
New Music Friday March 23rd:
Snow Patrol, Shawn Mendes and more
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