23 October 2007

One hand in my pocket

TUNE OF THE WEEK, THE
Palladium - High 5

Palladium kick the anaemic flutepop of previous release ‘Happy Hour’ firmly into touch with ‘High 5’, three-and-a-half minutes of sexy, spunk-splattered indie, which exhibits the sort of sassiness Franz Ferdinand might achieve were they not so interested in ‘angular’ German bands from 20 years ago.

A fidgety piano-led racket where the verses are too small for the lyrics and the power chords too big for the chorus, the band’s second single sees them staging the kind of glitter-filled riot they promised that they would. Which makes it tune of the week. That, and the fact that it’s got a great video:



You wouldn’t exactly rip up a poster of that singer would you?

4.3/5

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