Songs Continue With Semifinalists
January 2nd 2007 12:34
Song No. 6: Semifinalists – Show The Way (from 'Semifinalists' on V2 Records)
Formed of nuggets that nestle uncomfortably next to one another like warring nations (i.e. the most entertaining way possible), 'Show The Way' is a neat summation of the Semifinalists' aesthetic. Beginning with the kind of plaintive, non-descript, plinky electronic harmonies that they can now pretty much patent, drummer Chris Steele-Nicholson's eagle-soar of a voice swoops into delicate action. As he sings of his enemies and friends with no little veiled menace, it is impossible not to feel that something horrible is on its way to destroy what's been created.
You know what? It does! Suddenly we're all crashing off the walls with chugging near-free-form guitar scales and flourishes, and a melee of smacking cymbals is ballast like no other. Then we've come back down to something like an even keel and one of the greatest pop moments of 2006. We coast down towards the end of the slide in disco harmony, singing about lighting up the stars with childlike abandon and genuine gladness seeping from the speakers. The most impressive thing about it, though, is that it's all over in three and a half minutes. To be taken once daily.
Go here to hear 'Show The Way'.
Formed of nuggets that nestle uncomfortably next to one another like warring nations (i.e. the most entertaining way possible), 'Show The Way' is a neat summation of the Semifinalists' aesthetic. Beginning with the kind of plaintive, non-descript, plinky electronic harmonies that they can now pretty much patent, drummer Chris Steele-Nicholson's eagle-soar of a voice swoops into delicate action. As he sings of his enemies and friends with no little veiled menace, it is impossible not to feel that something horrible is on its way to destroy what's been created.
You know what? It does! Suddenly we're all crashing off the walls with chugging near-free-form guitar scales and flourishes, and a melee of smacking cymbals is ballast like no other. Then we've come back down to something like an even keel and one of the greatest pop moments of 2006. We coast down towards the end of the slide in disco harmony, singing about lighting up the stars with childlike abandon and genuine gladness seeping from the speakers. The most impressive thing about it, though, is that it's all over in three and a half minutes. To be taken once daily.
Go here to hear 'Show The Way'.
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