Twenty Twenty: Love To Life
As I pick up this single, there’s something about the cover that troubles me. Half of me thinks, are these guys the cousins of Hanson and the Jonas Brothers? The other half is mocking myself, in the fact that I have a horrible feeling I might like the track and I’m going to have to admit that to you.
And I was right. Hooked in by the Bloc Party/Editors style guitar riff straight from the beginning, you’re led to a chorus which is emphasised by gang vocals that you can easily imagine large crowds joining in with.
The lyrics are fairly basic, but in turn this makes them easy to remember, which is often the key to a song’s success in the charts. The boys have also laid off the obligatory American twang in their voices, which makes a really welcome change as a lot of British acts tend to think this is the way to make it big.
The track also makes heavy use of synth giving the track an almost 80s feel, whilst still managing to ground itself in the field of 2011 pop rock.
Though I wouldn’t go out of my way to say this will be a huge hit for the year, I hope for my sake that this track gets the attention it deserves – if not I’m going to have to keep telling everyone I meet what the song is that I keep humming and singing along to…
Love To Life is to be released on 17 April, with debut album Small Talk being released on 2 May.
If you’re interested in seeing Twenty Twenty, the lads are supporting The Wanted at the BIC on 9 April – I think the headliners better watch out, or at least up their game!
