New Music Friday Review: 30th April She Said Heels and Elevator Boots in Hand in Church

 "She Said" by Harper Finn

Holy shit! A pop song with groove in 2021...well at least that's what Harper Finn delivers with this pop song ode to the women in his life and it does sound closer to a pastiche to The Weeknd on "Starboy" if anything else but this is still pretty damn good even if it feels very late 80s. Check this out, its still good. 

Rating: 8/10

"Church" by Tina Arena

So here's the first English language single from Tina Arena since her 2014 EP with "Church", a song she co wrote and co produced and my god, this song might just be one of my favourite songs of the year with its almost gothic swell and Tina Arena absolutely belting and sounding great as per usual. I'd love to see this become a hit if that was even possible because this is awesome.

Rating: 9/10

"Heels in Hand" by Priscilla Block

So this is the latest single from one of the newer female country artists Priscilla Block, she's been slowly working her way toward the American country mainstream even if her sound borders on being pop country but yeah I kind of like this in spite of what sounds like drum machines but it's got enough going for it in terms of the twangy guitars and Block having a pretty solid presence behind the microphone as she sings about what this night out in her heels is doing to her with this guy...I like this enough,

Rating: 7/10

"Elevator Boots" by Counting Crows

And now for some nineties nostalgia, the Counting Crows are back with a new single except this song is more stripped back than any of the songs that the band released in their hey day in the 90s, think more late 70s/ early 80s soft rock in the vein of "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins etc, that said I like this a lot more than I like the sloppily written "Key Largo", for one thing, the song tells the story of Bobby and how everybody wants to know him in spite of the fact he likely doesn't even know or understand all that much about himself and how every show he plays could be his last...which is an interesting reflection on life for the band as a whole. Just nice to have Counting Crows back and even better with a good song!

Rating: 8/10.