Whisper The Answer In Threes

Welcome “This Minute” – Welcome spend three minutes documenting the passing of just one, splitting their time between commenting on its content with arch self-awareness (“this minute is a good minute”), lyrically backtracking over its events as they are processed by an inebriated consciousness, and feeling its dramatic tension play out wordlessly via sickly electronic shrieks and strangled guitar strings. (Click here to pre-order it from Fat Cat.)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor “Catch You” – Since I am not British, this song lacks the crushing weight of context that comes with Ellis-Bextor’s fame and career arc. This is both good and bad — on one hand, I can just sort of turn my mind off and enjoy it as it passes by in a whoosh of head rush hooks and brisk, computerized beats, but on the other, I’ve got little to say about it other than “wee, this is a fun ride!” That’s no bad thing if you’re a listener, but writing anything about the track is a bit of a chore. (Click here to pre-order it from HMV UK.)