Artist: Lou Barlow
Single: The Right
Label: Domino
Released: Out Now
Reviewed by: Roger Goodgroves
From the outset I liked the single by Lou Barlow. The opening clapping into sets an upbeat feel and the jingly guitar and hi-hat cymbals allow the feel to ride on throughout. It reminded me at first of a Simon and Garfunkel song and has that almost summer of love carefree mood.
The song ultimately, like that period, never really produced an end result. Whilst the feel was kept throughout the song, the song itself failed to deliver. Whilst it is great to have on in the background when you are doing something else, when you actively listen to it you miss having a chorus to really hook you. There is a guitar progression where the chorus should be and it started to feel like someone forgot to write the lyrics for that part and thought they’d come back and put them in as an overdub.
Having said that the song doesn’t deliver in the end, is not to say that what it does do isn’t good. I can well imagine if this track was picked up by an Ad executive and linked to some arty mobile phone pitch that it could well end up being a surprise hit. I suspect though that the timing isn’t right. Coming as it does moving into Autumn, the melancholy feel will quickly transit into one of depression and thoughts of a wet Sunday stuck indoors.
You can hear (and see) the track on Youtube
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