Those Dancing Days – Those Dancing Days
Another 7” landed on my doormat the other day – the debut single from Those Dancing Days, cunningly entitled Those Dancing Days. I’m a big fan of bands having theme songs or songs which are called the same thing as the band, as I think it’s good for bands to write about things that they enjoy (amongst other topics obviously) and you would hope that they enjoy being in the band. Otherwise why do it?
Anyway, I first heard of Those Dancing Days due to a well-placed glowing review – which I believe may have been something to do with Tack! Tack! Tack! who are big supporters of the current musical pop renaissance going on in Sweden at the moment. The review was so glowing, I was ready to text all of my friends to say that my life had changed due to Those Dancing Days and leave them with my new forwarding address in Sweden without even hearing a note. Sadly the hype outweighed what I heard and I was left slightly disappointed. Ooh, the geek in me feels an equation coming on too –
(Quality of music * Warranted hype) / Unwarranted hype = Listeners satisfaction
Equation 2 – the theory of the first listening
The song is very drum heavy, all the way through from the intro the end, which gets a bit in the way of the soft/loud dynamics that the song could have had. The instumentation is fairly spread out and sparse with exception of the drums too, and although the small sections of tune are pretty lovely though as you would expect from a Swedish band, they’re lost amongst the drums.
I can’t help but feel that with a softer arrangement then I’d be listening to this song for months. As it is, theres just too much of a contrast between what the song is and what the song is trying to be.
Having said that, I’ll dance to it if you put it on!
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
i think this single is ace. well, i’ve been watching the video on myspace over n over, my vinyl hasn’t actually arrived yet.
The druims definitely are more prominent than you’re like to find in modern pop. BUT i reckon coupled with the crazy since bit it’s undeniably infectious.
I’d definitely go and see them (if they were going to play anywhere other than bloody london) but i there’s a chanc ei’d leave full of resentment that these people are still teens. damn them and their youthful exhuberence!
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
i’ll be putting it on to be danced to! i have to say i was a little disappointed by it too and similarly it was cos of what i’d seen and read on the internet but couldn’t hear cos i have no soundcard. i think it’s definately growing on me though and i’ll probably love it by the time i come to playing it at clubnight.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
if anyone would like to be my full time spell/grammer checker please get in touch. my english is shocking.