New Music Review #88

Another ten songs you have to hear!

Alibi - Space Man

'Space Man' is a quirky indie song with a fun delivery and a pleasing tongue-in-cheek vibe. (6.5/10)

Avicii feat. Sandro Cavazza - Without You

Though the chorus descends into overly familiar territory for Avicii, and the overall sound of the song is not exactly revolutionary, the bridge and chorus is fun and punchy. (6.5/10)

Hudson Taylor - Feel It Again

The boys are back with this new pop-indie number that, though lacking the huge choruses they're known for, has enough bounce and rhythm to keep that old foot tapping. (6.5/10)

Jess and the Bandits - Sister

Jess and the Bandits have good history with strong pop-country ballads and 'Sister' is no exception, and those lead singer Clemmons is more subtle here there's plenty of guts in the delivery of the heartfelt lyrics. (7/10)

Nikhil D'Souza - Beautiful Mind

'Beautiful Mind' is soaring ballad that builds to a huge crescendo. If you like your singer-songwriter tracks well written and perfectly delivered you need to hear this. (7/10)

Rachel Platten - Broken Glass

Platten returns with another great ballsy pop-song that mixes up some well observed lyrics whilst also wrapping up the words in a catchy radio-friendly chorus. Great. (7/10)

Saint Etienne - Dive

If you want to enjoy something a little more calypso-y this summer when you could do worse than going for the summery vibes of this new song from Saint Etienne. (6/10)

Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

The new song that has split the crowds, I actually quite like it, the production solid and the lyrics intriguing. The switch to the chorus is as poor as in Ariana Grande's 'One Less Problem' though the Right Said Fred connection isn't that noticeable. It's certainly more interesting and dark than a lot of other similar pop music but might divide her fans, and the experimental Sparks-feel at times pleases me. (7/10)

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Walk On Water

'Walk on Water' is a ballsy soft-rock track with an anthemic chorus, Imagine Dragons-style breakdown, and plenty of attitude. (7/10)

Tom Grennan - Found What I've Been Looking For

This new song from Tom Grennan has bags of energy and a powerful building energy that really grabs you. A great distinctive voice. (6.5/10)