The Saturdays – “30 Days”
Published March 30th 2012
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The Saturdays’ new single 30 Days premiered this morning on BBC Radio One. The track is written and produced by Steve Mac and Autumn Rowe.
30 Days sounds like a track from On Your Radar. It’s a dance pop track similar to All Fired Up but not as catchy. The first thing that came into my head when the song started playing was how much it sounds like Inna’s Hot. But the most surprising thing of all was that I heard Mollie’s voice open the first verse. The song really suits her voice and she also sings again on the second verse.
The problem with 30 Days is, it doesn’t have a strong, catchy melody. It just goes along and while there’s nice production and it’s interesting at times, it’s not really enough. I can’t see this being a success for them. When I mentioned it sounds like a track from On Your Radar, I meant it sounds like a good album track from On Your Radar. It’s not the kind of song that should be released as a single, never mind the lead single from a damage control re-release album.
The damage control is on a low budget which is apparent from the use of the On Your Radar photoshoot for the single cover as seen above and the tracklisting for the single which includes Turn Myself In, a track recorded sometime in 2010 that the girls performed on their Headlines tour. Usual Saturdays releases always include a specially recorded b-side.
Overall, 30 Days is a good song but nothing amazing and not what The Saturdays need right now to help them recover from a flop album. They needed a Higher, Ego, Faster, Up kind of song that would’ve guaranteed them a big hit.
You can watch the lyric video for 30 Days below:
30 Days is out May 13th through Polydor Records.
Maroon 5 Announce 4th Studio Album “Overexposed”
Published March 26th 2012
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Maroon 5 have announced their fourth studio album, Overexposed, will be released this June 26th. The new album is said to be their most “pop” album yet. Like Moves Like Jagger, the band decided to collaborate with the writing process which is something they don’t usually do.
Overexposed is executively produced by Max Martin but also features tracks produced by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco.
The band announced the new album via their website. Adam Levine said:
Overexposed is definitely our most diverse and poppiest albums yet. We had a great time recording it. I can’t wait for our fans to hear the record, as well as hitting the road to play it live for everyone later this year.
James Valentine added:
Moves Like Jagger was the first time we ever worked with an outside writer, so we decided to try it some more on this record. At this point in our career I think it was a good thing to completely mix up our process and it yielded good results, as well as a more collaborative spirit within the band. We wanted to make something that sounded contemporary with the elements of a lot of early eras of pop music. This is our most “pop” record ever and we weren’t shy about really going for it.
Some of the tracks included on the album include Payphone featuring Wiz Khalifa, One More Night and Beautiful Goodbye.
I can’t imagine what Maroon 5 will sound like with songs by Max Martin, Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco, but I’m excited to hear what they’ve come up with.
All That Junk – 18/3
Published March 18th 2012
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Alexandra Burke has reached number 3 on the UK singles chart with Elephant with no support from Capital Radio and Radio One. (Radio One link)
Cheryl Cole is putting the finishing touches to her third album and has written a song for her “soldiers” (fans) called This Is War according to producer Jim Beanz. (Twitter link)
Katy Perry performed Part of Me for the first time in the UK on Let’s Dance For Sport Relief. It received a mixed reception but she is now at number 1 on iTunes. (YouTube link)
The original Sugababes (Keisha, Mutya and Siobhán) had meetings this week, including one with Popjustice. (Twitter link)
The Saturdays Confirm New Single Is Called “30 Days”
Published March 17th 2012
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The Saturdays’ have confirmed through their weekly mailer that their new single is called 30 Days. Originally the title was leaked as being called 30 Days (To Love). The name change they opted for is much better.
The mailer read:
Our new single has a name! It’s called ’30 Days’.
The song was written and produced by the talented Steve Mac (who’s worked on our previous singles
‘Higher’, ‘Ego’ and ‘Notorious’) and co-written by Autumn Rowe (who wrote Alexis Jordan’s amazing choon, ‘Happiness’). Stay tuned for more deets on our new single coming soon, including the release date and single sleeve!!
As if Faster wasn’t enough of a copycat Happiness, they’ve only gone and got its writer to work with them on 30 Days. Hopefully it sounds nothing like either songs (even though they’re both great songs).
Listen to Amelle’s “God Won’t Save You Now”
Published March 09th 2012
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Amelle’s debut single, God Won’t Save You Now, has hit the internet in full. You can listen to the track below.
I’m not too impressed with the song as a whole. It does have good elements to it, like the verses in particular, but the chorus gets a bit annoying by the time you get to the second chorus. The middle eight is basically just the chorus broken down and even that doesn’t manage to restore my interest by the end of the song.
There’s no denying that Amelle’s vocal delivery is excellent and this is exactly the type of genre she should be aiming for as a solo artist. However, the chorus lacks more lyrics and a less repetitive melody. I think this song would hugely benefit from a pre-chorus, before breaking into the chorus the song currently has.
