MY TRACK OF THE WEEK:

Headlights by Tor Miller

This impassioned, zealous track courtesy of the American balladeer that is Tor Miller is ridiculously intense, almost fanatically so. Indeed, one can almost taste the wafts of snot and tears that come with his comfortingly seedy voice as he sings over a melody reminiscent of any of Keane or Hozier's strongest. This fervent nature does much to set Miller apart from the Mayor of Dullbridge that is Sam Smith, and his faceless accomplices (as they attempt to suck out any hint of fun from the world of music.) So, if you want a male crooner with more than an ounce of personality, Tor Miller is the right guy for you! 

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Ayo by Chris Brown 

I should hate this song. It is generic defined. It seems nowadays that the key ingredients for a successful R&B song are an empty, monotonous beat, a chorus that a toddler could have written and the inclusion of the term 'bitches'...yet I believe this song is a masterpiece. It is completely impossible for me to defend my clearly wrong stance but for the proposes of this blog I must try...er, Chris Brown's attempt at rapping is amusing? 

Gravity by DJ Fresh/Ella Eyre

...speaking of generic 

Doing It by Charli XCX/Rita Ora

I challenge anyone to try to listen to this song without wanting to puke. The saccharine vocals, the chorus as frustratingly easy to catch as TB, Rita Ora! I believe my case is closed.

Honest by Kodaline 

For all the stick I've given Miss XCX and Rita Ora, at least they be produced something. This tedious piece of claptrap is more empty and vacant than a hot air balloon, there is nothing there! I could approach this in a scientific way: 'during listening one first notices the insipid vocals, the colourless lyrics and then that the songs just finished and that they've just wasted four minutes of their life.