Bad Dads
Club – Sometimes
CD/DL
23 June 2014
Music
collective, Bad Dads Club return with a new ballad single.
As the
follow up to the poppy Good To Be Loved, Bad Dads Club (aka Steve Blood and
Andy Lee) return with their second single in the form of ballad Sometimes. It’s a cracker.
Simplicity
is the key on a heartfelt plea to see the best of the writer rather than the
negative things. Lyrically, it’s strong
and bordering on upsetting. Musically,
it’s a lone piano courtesy of John Taylor.
The vocal of Lee is quite superb.
He holds notes of amazing strength and length, and interprets the song
beautifully. The three factors managing
to make this not sound like just another ballad with its adult approach.
As with the
previous single, what follows are four more versions of the same song, this
time in upbeat fashions starting with the Tuscan Leather remix. It’s a safe pop version with makes it accessible
to a wider (and maybe younger) audience and lifts the ballad with added
bassline, chants and string simulation.
Remixers,
Super Stylers who have worked with the likes of Tinchy Stryder and JLS throw in
a house version complete with added effects and rave resonances before
Audiotrip present their Diamond edit.
It’s a huge sound again with a house theme that could have the clubs of
Ibiza rising and shouting in seconds.
Chants makes the sound overflow with Summer and the sparkle of
Mediterranean beaches.
The final
version, from Dan Boots of Stereojackers adds a trance version into the pot
with echoes of the marvellous (and sorely missed) Faithless, and one that would
please clubbers at any time. It’s a
mammoth mix which builds and falls with enough breaks to grab a quick mouthful
of your drink before starting up again.
To close are
instrumentals of all tracks (except the piano version) to complete a cracking
collection of nine tracks in total.
Bad Dads
Club could have local radio stations together with Radio’s 1, 2, 4 and 6 sewn
up with an appropriate version each. If
it’s intentional then it’s a masterstroke and they could well have a big single
on their hands.
8.5/10
Links
Published on Louder Than War 20/06/14 - here
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