If you're like me, everyday is a struggle between the cool and commercial. The hipster and the bland. The know and the oblivious. It pains you to listen to Britney Spears, but you do it because you secretly love "Womanizer". You pretend to be vegan but get wet at the thought of a grilled cheese. Sometimes a kid just needs to fag out. That is why I love the UK's newest girlband Girls Can't Catch. Unfortunately, I do not love their name. Their first single "Keep Your Head Up" has been bouncing around for a bit now, but finally a studio version has appeared and it is a euro club banger. Pop overseas has always been more influenced by electro and techno, so it's no surprise that Girls Aloud's producers Xenomania have carried that trend over to Girls Can't Catch. Electric guitars wail, synths pump out basslines so thick I couldn't deepthroat it, and the three members chant a chorus so icy it turns the song into a threat. I do love my indie bag of bullshit but every now and then (ok, like, every other day) a carefully picked single from the man's corporate machine is just as memorable.
Girls Can't Catch - Keep Your Head Up
Unlady like
Unlady like
If you're like me, everyday is a struggle between the cool and commercial. The hipster and the bland. The know and the oblivious. It pains you to listen to Britney Spears, but you do it because you secretly love "Womanizer". You pretend to be vegan but get wet at the thought of a grilled cheese. Sometimes a kid just needs to fag out. That is why I love the UK's newest girlband Girls Can't Catch. Unfortunately, I do not love their name. Their first single "Keep Your Head Up" has been bouncing around for a bit now, but finally a studio version has appeared and it is a euro club banger. Pop overseas has always been more influenced by electro and techno, so it's no surprise that Girls Aloud's producers Xenomania have carried that trend over to Girls Can't Catch. Electric guitars wail, synths pump out basslines so thick I couldn't deepthroat it, and the three members chant a chorus so icy it turns the song into a threat. I do love my indie bag of bullshit but every now and then (ok, like, every other day) a carefully picked single from the man's corporate machine is just as memorable.
Girls Can't Catch - Keep Your Head Up
Unlady like
If you're like me, everyday is a struggle between the cool and commercial. The hipster and the bland. The know and the oblivious. It pains you to listen to Britney Spears, but you do it because you secretly love "Womanizer". You pretend to be vegan but get wet at the thought of a grilled cheese. Sometimes a kid just needs to fag out. That is why I love the UK's newest girlband Girls Can't Catch. Unfortunately, I do not love their name. Their first single "Keep Your Head Up" has been bouncing around for a bit now, but finally a studio version has appeared and it is a euro club banger. Pop overseas has always been more influenced by electro and techno, so it's no surprise that Girls Aloud's producers Xenomania have carried that trend over to Girls Can't Catch. Electric guitars wail, synths pump out basslines so thick I couldn't deepthroat it, and the three members chant a chorus so icy it turns the song into a threat. I do love my indie bag of bullshit but every now and then (ok, like, every other day) a carefully picked single from the man's corporate machine is just as memorable.
Girls Can't Catch - Keep Your Head Up
In my dreams it feels like we are 40 stories tall
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Pop songs are supposed to be 4 minutes or less. Pop songs are supposed to make an entrance, convey the message, and end just as quickly as they started. Which brings us to the UK's favorite girl group, Girls Aloud, and their 21st single "Untouchable". Lifted as the third single from their "Out Of Control" album, the single was picked as a response to fan's reactions. And then it leaked and...what the hell?
Originally clocking it at 6 minutes and 44 seconds give or take, "Untouchable" is a track that builds and builds upon itself, eventually ending with Nadine Coyle's climactic diva voice belting out lyrics about "beautiful robots dancing alone". When the single version leaked, I was expecting a radio edit of sorts (Though it was unnecessary. If "Bohemian Rhapsody" could be released in full, then so could this), though never anything as frightening and watered down as what eventually raped my ears. Vocoders? We already have T-Pain, thanks. The production has drastically become saccharine sweet and noticeably tidied up. What the hell did their producers, Xenomania, do to them? It saddens me, because both artist and producers usually churn out impeccable songs. Decide for yourself:
Girls Aloud - Untouchable (Single Mix)
Girls Aloud - Untouchable (Album Version)
That single mix could very well spell the end of Girls Aloud, who are betting on a top 10 debut charting to keep their top 10 consecutive singles record going. While I would love to see it chart top 10, I think it would've been even more radical and amazing to release the full album version. It was so good already!
Here's some visual with some audio.