New Music Friday Review: 5th February Glad You Exist is What GLAM! People Say

 Okay...first off before we dig into some reviews, I must apologise for it being so late this week..mostly because I haven't felt inspired to write anything for a lot of the new stuff that appeared on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist especially when you consider I don't cover what is likely to chart here, the choices are limited here but I did manage to pull out a few releases worth a few words so here goes..

"What Other People Say" by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato

So what the hell is Demi Lovato doing? She's released song after song with there being no sign of an album coming any time soon and it's not like any of the songs she has released have had any kind of chart run or success, it feels like she's just releasing music for the sake of it (granted a lot of artists are due to the fact they cannot tour because of the pandemic) so why not team up with Australian singer/songwriter Sam Fischer for a song about caring about what other people have to say about them.

The problem is that Demi is an overwhelming vocal presence on the track that you'd barely know Sam is on the track, it really should have been credited as being by Demi Lovato featuring Sam Fischer because she really does steal the show. It's not a bad song but both Demi and Sam have done better.

Rating: 6/10

Onto something a bit brighter and very much 80s inspired....

"GLAM!" by Allie X

So Allie X, a Canadian indie pop singer/songwriter who has been around for a large part of the 2010s and into the 2020s, returned with this track from the upcoming deluxe edition of her underwhelming "Cape God" album and my god, Allie X might just have joined the category of acts that do The 1975 sound better than the actual The 1975, Allie X has got the sound down pat here and she sounds great over this mid to late 80s style production with the slightly modern touch. Love it!

Rating: 8/10

Time to turn down the energy for some boyfriend country

"Glad You Existed" by Dan & Shay

At some point, Dan & Shay are going to have start writing interesting songs that are a little more than bland pop country, sure "Tequila" is pretty good but they've not really impressed me at all since then so with this new song and I don't know, the production is closer to pop than country and the lyrics play to them being glad their loved ones exist but I don't know it just feels like typical polite Dan & Shay fodder where it's not particularly bad but it's at all interestingly.

Rating: 6/10