Rachel Platten // Fight Song

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The name Rachel Platten may not be familiar to you but apparently she has contributed tracks to the TV show Pretty Little Liars but this is our first outing with her.

Fight Song probably come in as a little anthematic and a little biographically. But even putting that aside, the track itself will no doubt speak to people out there particularly the chorus (This is my fight song / Take back my life song / Prove I’m alright song / My Power’s turned on / Starting right now I’ll be strong / I'll play my fight song / And I don't really care if nobody else believes / Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me). It’s sort of shelved between P!ink’s F***** Perfect and Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger

A great little song that hopefully might be the small boat in the song that sends big waves across the ocean.

Rating: 5/5

Foxes // Body Talk

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from the Southampton singer, but now she’s gearing up for the release of her second album by debuting the single, Body Talk.

To be honest, there’s not much here that hasn’t been heard previously from her but yet there is still enough to make it different as we see a small move into a more pop sound (disco/80s seems to be in this year…wonder if she took a trip on the TARDIS to be inspired by this). There just feels to be this There’s just the right change as to show that she’s not a one style pony yet not forget the sound that brought her to the attention on the public.

It will be interesting to see what the rest of the album will sound like if this is anything to go by (although, is it wrong we’d secretly like to see her version of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now making an appearance?)

Rating: 4/5

O-Town // Skydive

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If the name looks familiar then you probably remember them from the early 2000’s from when they featured on the reality TV show Making The Band and the following single Liquid Dreams & All or Nothing. Well after a decade away, they’re making a return as a quartet with their latest single, Skydive.

It lulls you into a false sense at the beginning that it’s going to be a slow love dovey ballad, but it’s when it reaches the chorus that it really comes into it’s own. It’s loud, it’s proud and it’s not afraid to show it. Compare it to where they where ten years ago and you can hear how much that they have matured since then. Whilst it is similar to what we hear already in the charts, there is still enough that allows the guys a space alongside.

Rating: 4/5