Mirrorkicks : 'Turning Up'
Released: 28th September 2009
Label: Fruit Pie Music Records
The irony of London based quartet Mirrorkicks latest single ‘Turning up’ is that I definitely will not be doing so. In fact at times it is more likely I’ll be turning off. The song, released on September 28th has an uncanny ability of being able to make you to change opinion on it about 8 times during the course of it’s 4 minute journey. The good bits are great, but the problem is that its bad bits range from the dull to the unimaginative to the downright cringing.
A dull as dishwater guitar intro crashes into what is actually a nice funky rhythm for the verse with some offbeat guitar work. The vocals here spoil everything and don’t inspire much. You can be forgiven for falling asleep. Opinion change number 1 comes at the chorus where some very tight and sharp drum and guitar work accompany some really rather brilliant vocal harmonies. It ends all too soon and before you know it, that dull verse is back in. The chorus saves this song, and as it is repeated, one does carry on listening through said verses. The biggest problems are still to come however. The song descends into what is a cringing display of acapella vocals, with the band being seemingly unaware that the singing is almost a full semitone out of tune. The full band coming back in comes as a relief, with some cheesy weezer-style falsetto vocals actually not that unwelcomed. The song ends with its strongest moment, with some heavy riffage and sharp drumming at least ensuring that the last memory of the song is a strong one.
This seesaw of opinions that you go through make it a difficult song to review. And even harder to sign off and decide what to finish this review with. I don’t wish to be too harsh because there are parts of this song that are very strong, however I can’t be too complimentary as these bits are sandwiched between some very dull guitar and vocal melodies…that’s about as much summing up as is needed really…
5/10
Words: James Derrick
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