Secret Sirens - My Favourite Obsession (Single Review)
Monday, 06 June 2011
Written by James Ball
Ahh Mr Bond, we’ve been expecting you!
The introduction to this sultry piece from Leeds group Secret Sirens could quite easily be the next Bond theme. It’s big, it’s ambitious, and it’s got that infamous theme tune bassline. It’s a grand piece accompanied by some finger-breaking piano, and then the vocals kick in, where it becomes less of a Bond theme and more of a mesmerising journey through hard rock-tinged pop.
To say this piece is bursting with tension is to say that the Grand Canyon is a crack in the ground. This is a three minute piece of music that simply picks you up and refuses to put you down until such time that it feels is justified. *That* bass line continues throughout, but it’s the strength of lead singer Narelle Francis’ voice that really creates the atmosphere. Strong yet on the hinges of being broken, she conveys a scene of a focused woman on a dangerous prowl exceptionally well. She doesn’t snarl as much as she yearns for acceptance as this story immortalised in song continues to its conclusion.
“I can’t stop following you” isn’t delivered as a promise of harmless celeb-spotting. It’s a mindset. It’s an obsession. Apparently it’s her favourite one. Loosely based on a real-life experience Narelle has had herself, its classical piano, heavy guitars and twinkling percussion on top of the hit-em-till-they-break drums should be a total mismatch, but it slots together perfectly.
Put simply, this is a stonking way to spend three minutes of your life. The only annoyance during which comes through a random spot of electric, distorted guitar during the dying seconds which seems to have absolutely no bearing to the whole of the rest of the track. However, aside from this it’s truly excellent, well produced, mature and truly conveys the emotional aspect of being a celebrity stalker. Probably.
It could be worse of course. There’s always Twitter. You get followed all over the place there.
My Favourite Obsessions is out now on iTunes.
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The introduction to this sultry piece from Leeds group Secret Sirens could quite easily be the next Bond theme. It’s big, it’s ambitious, and it’s got that infamous theme tune bassline. It’s a grand piece accompanied by some finger-breaking piano, and then the vocals kick in, where it becomes less of a Bond theme and more of a mesmerising journey through hard rock-tinged pop.
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