Jakil - Tongue Tied

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Ace new indie-pop group Jakil may be the best new pop group since Girls Aloud. Stick with me on this one - the pop stars:the rivals winners took the best bits of traditional pop music (melody, hooks and chorus), inverted your expectations and took you to exhilarating new places. Jakil are clearly on a mission to do the same, but with their own influences, their own unique vision and an ability to take the every day and make it extraordinary. New single, Tongue Tied is a blistering example of this. The lyrics tackle the universal theme of being so smitten with someone that the feelings take over every fibre of your being, leaving your normally suave, sophisticated self a babbling fool. Lead singer Kieran does an excellent job of conveying both the aching longing and tingling excitement that comes with this type of all consuming love. He doesn't so much sing the song as embody its every sentiment with an engaging verve that is very hard to resist. The band are utterly in sync with him, crafting an instrumental that is rich with textured backing vocals, scintillating guitar riffs, a percolating groove and shimmering synths. It is beautifully done, a symbiotic enhancement of the narrative that leaves you with an endorphin rush of epic proportions. Add to this a gorgeous, 80s infused chorus and this delicious gem of a pop song will have you weeping with joy at its very existence. Just stunning.