Lopez Blogs

If there's any justice in the world...
(then both of these songs would be rooted firmly in the upper echelons of the top ten during May)

Little Boots - New In Town: Sigh. Hasn't Little Boots happened yet? It seems she's been fannying around with this popstar malarky for blooming ages! And the hype that is as big as all outdoors can go either way - she could be as big as LaRoux (number one in midweeks for crying out gods sake!) or have a bit of a disappointment a la Frankmusic (which i have personally decided should still be celebrated. A top 40 hit is a top 40 hit!). I am hoping LB will be fairly massive - New In Town is an interesting choice for a first single 'proper'... It basically encapsulates the glory of the Little Boots sound and wraps it in a commercially edible electro pop tune that has a slight r'n'b tinge to it. However, it's no Stuck On Repeat, but hopefully the thinking is "win people over with this track and then knock their socks off with Stuck". Don't get me wrong, i am very enamoured with New In Town but it's more a Crazy than Baby One More Time (if that makes any sense at all). And lets face it, a quite good Little Boots song is still miles better than most crap out there :) Let the chart domination commence...

Kid British - Sunny Days: Unlike Little Boots, I have managed to resist the hype surrounding Kid British. That is until I heard this brilliant pop track that might just be the most glorious upbeat song I have heard since Britannia High's Start of Something (ooo i haven't listened to that this week, must rectify now!) It excels on so many levels - it's got a marvelously catchy chorus that is instantly as singalong as any pop act in the charts, yet has an aura of coolness about it (think Alphabeat). Mix this with it's rather downbeat rapped verses (full of deliciously british observations) and the second major song this year to feature beans on toast (Lily Allen - Chinese) and it has just totally won me over. I checked out their Leave London EP to see if it was a one off, but no - i was just as enchanted. Hurrah for summer songs!


And lets not forget: Annie's Anthonio just gets better with every single listen :)
Tomorrow: More new(ish) music from Del Marquis, Marina and The Diamonds, Click Five or someone else...