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When it comes to Candy Apple Blue I've learned to expect the unexpected - and that is what they have delivered on their latest, apocalyptic single Midnight Hour. Drafting in William Rule on vocals, this is is a rock-infused pop anthem - full of furious guitar, urgent lyrics and a dynamic vocal that absolutely commands your attention. With lyrics all about the impending doom of the end of the world, this shows that Carly and Hoyt are able to bend genres to their will whilst drawing in the exact right talent to deliver their fervent words. Electrifying guitar (courtesy of Micah Blakeslee) add to the frisson of danger permeating the song whilst William's delivery of the lyrics are a blistering condemnation of how humanity has bought this on themselves. Yet at the heart of this theatrical drama, Candy Apple Blue never lose their sense of a searing melody or a hook that stays in your brain long after the world has finished turning. It is bristling with energy, brimming with foreboding - a cross between Abba's The Visitors song and Spooky Mormon Hell Dream from Book of Mormon: The Musical. In the end, you are helpless but to dance along and hope you get a chance to do your small part to right it again tomorrow. In the midnight hour, I cried more, more, MORE.
Top 25 songs of the week:
25 ~ Jason Mraz, The Minute I Heard of Love (NE)
24 ~ Dua Lipa, Levitating (Blessed Madonna Remix)
23 ~ Smith & Thell, Year Of The Young
22 ~ Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Crying At The Discotheque
21 ~ Steps, What The Future Holds
20 ~ Robbie Williams & The Struts, Strange Days
19 ~ The Fizz, All We Can Ever Do
18 ~ Beware The Bear ft Sean Smith, Wishing On The Water
17 ~ The Killers, My Own Soul's Warning
16 ~ Roxette, Let Your Heart Dance With Me
15 ~ Neon Trees, Used To Like
14 ~ Kelsea Ballerni ft Shania Twain, Hole In The Bottle
13 ~ Delta Goodrem, Solid Gold
12 ~ Gary Barlow, Elita
11 ~ Dua Lipa, Love is Religion (Blessed Madonna Remix)
10 ~ Ava Max, Take You To Hell
09 ~ Bright Light Bright Light ft Andy Bell, Good At Goodbyes
08 ~ Erasure, Fallen Angel
07 ~ Mariah Carey, Out Here On My Own
06 ~ Fly By Midnight ft Shoffy, Caffeine
05 ~ Kylie Minogue, Magic
04 ~ McFly, Tonight Is The Night
03 ~ Beware The Bear ft Sean Smith, We Will Survive
02 ~ Celeste, A Little Love
01 ~ Steps, Something In Your Eyes (5 weeks)
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