Every week our contributors will voice their opinion concerning one song, it’s a simple as that! The more the merrier, so people are always welcome to join in, just leave a note, eh.Track: ‘Imagine Hearts’ by Ringo Deathstarr (listen here)
Average grade: 5.9
Linda: I'm in love with their band name! Best thing since Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - and I imagine that the extra 'r' is just to keep George Lucas far away from their hard earned cash rather than a sudden attack of hipsterness disabling their spelling capacities. Now you could say that everything that pops up in Radiohead-week is a bit pointless, but I still love this track, even though I could easily think of at least 10 bands sounding exactly the same.
8.1/10
Ilse: Well, the shoegaze influences are evident and the genre has had (or perhaps is still having) its revival with bands like the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and A Place To Bury Strangers. The girl singing gives the track some poppy vibes, though the clear presence of noise makes Ringo Deathstarr leaning more towards that last band. That is not to say I'm already finding their music as effective as the before mentioned bands (why the abrupt ending? they could've gone into a different direction and give the song a twist there), but their prospects are positive as I'm going to give downloading their album a go.
7.3/10
Craig: Cool song--noisy guitars, psychedelic lady-vox, rock and roll edge... but isn't it kind of a paint-by-numbers copy of My Bloody Valentine?
4/10
Anna: This being the first song on their album, I think of it as a prologue to the yumminess that follows. It has the shoegazing allure, but for me personally it works better as an appetiser rather than the main course.
And on a less related note, superb band name.
5.5/10
Stef: There is a nice little pop song in there somewhere, too bad no one can hear it with all that bloody noise.
4.5/10
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