Sunday, April 16, 2006
A Kute Angle
It's Easter Sunday! And guess what! Jesus isn't really dead after all, he was just pretending! Who'da thunk it? Well, not Thomas, obviously, and Judas must have been a bit pissed when he found out, but still. Personally, we think it was a bit cruel to crucify him only a few months after he was born, and doing the same thing to the Easter Bunny on the exact same day seems a bit unnecessary, but what do we know? Don't answer that. But that's not the only resurrection on the cards, however, as an e-mail from Kute, Girls Aloud's support act, has turned up in our in-box. Reading through it, however, swiftly brought to our attention 3 points of concern, namely:-
Secondly, their new material isn't half bad at all (And you can hear samples of it here). Some of it does veer into the maudlin ballad territory, notably Me Too and 3 Sides, the latter of which either has a male voice singing on it or one of the girls is having a few hormonal issues, but the rest of the tracks are really rather good indeed. Grounded sounds almost tATu like - perhaps their choice of logo makes sense after all - while Scream and Shout wouldn't sound out of place on the Charlotte Church album, having taken a detour by way of Kelly Clarkson first. Addicted takes a similar rock/pop route but currently lacks a bit of 'oomph'. We couldn't dance to it anyway. Mind you, as anyone who's ever seen us on the dancefloor will confirm, we can't really dance to any song. Never Gonna Change Me is a bit too Sheryl Crow for our tastes and, as the lyrics include the phrase "Eye to eye", we assume that this track is from the days they were labouring under that name. Finally, You're Not Gonna Get Him is particularly ace and, if it isn't a massive hit by the end of the year then we're a monkey's uncle. Of course, given the usual accuracy of our predictions, we're going to start researching what sort of presents are suitable for a chimpanzee nephew immediately, just in case.
So, to summarise then, Kute: Still ace. Phew!
music kute
- POINT 1: Prove Me Wrong, the incredibly ace Rainbow sampling track of such genius that, despite only having heard it once, we still have it bouncing around in our head like a prop from a Jose Gonzalez video, is now not going to be released, thanks to a problem clearing the incredibly ace Rainbow sample (You can download a short preview of it here, but it cuts off before it gets good, i.e. before the incredibly ace Rainbow sample kicks in). Unfortunately it seems that it's going to join the pantheon of great lost pop classics, a cloud which is getting far too crowded these days.
- POINT 2: The e-mail includes the phrase "Our style is a little more mature since the Girls Aloud Tour". There are few things more likely to strike fear into the heart of any pop loving girl or boy than a band claiming to have a more grown-up or mature style. What this generally means is that they've just recorded a whole album's worth of slow R&B ballads which even Blue might consider to be a bit syrupy and dull.
- POINT 3: This is their new logo:
Kute, lest we forget, are two sisters in their mid-teens. We're not entirely convinced that a logo comprised of the two of them apparently naked - though they were wearing unitards for the shoot - and leaning against each other is the most appropriate image of the girls. We can see Richard Madely getting all frothed up at the prospect even as we type.
Secondly, their new material isn't half bad at all (And you can hear samples of it here). Some of it does veer into the maudlin ballad territory, notably Me Too and 3 Sides, the latter of which either has a male voice singing on it or one of the girls is having a few hormonal issues, but the rest of the tracks are really rather good indeed. Grounded sounds almost tATu like - perhaps their choice of logo makes sense after all - while Scream and Shout wouldn't sound out of place on the Charlotte Church album, having taken a detour by way of Kelly Clarkson first. Addicted takes a similar rock/pop route but currently lacks a bit of 'oomph'. We couldn't dance to it anyway. Mind you, as anyone who's ever seen us on the dancefloor will confirm, we can't really dance to any song. Never Gonna Change Me is a bit too Sheryl Crow for our tastes and, as the lyrics include the phrase "Eye to eye", we assume that this track is from the days they were labouring under that name. Finally, You're Not Gonna Get Him is particularly ace and, if it isn't a massive hit by the end of the year then we're a monkey's uncle. Of course, given the usual accuracy of our predictions, we're going to start researching what sort of presents are suitable for a chimpanzee nephew immediately, just in case.
So, to summarise then, Kute: Still ace. Phew!
music kute
