Song(s) of the Day # 3,688 The Veronicas

 

In many ways a slightly ridiculous Song(s) of the Day. But you're not going to get stone cold classics every time. You only need to look at photos of the band. A couple of impeccable dressed and impossibly tall female twins that are immaculately turned out and look like models on their way to a wedding ceremony. 

The picture on the record sleeve shows their impossibly long and perfect bare legs jutting out from under a sleek sports car. In this context the bare legs come across as vaguey tittilating. Both Veronicas are wearing high heels which seem slightly inappropriate shoewear for car repair .

This is The Veronicas, a duo that have met a certain critical and commercial success with previous releases. Their current release Gothic Summer places itself as Pop rather than Alternative in the marketplace and seems designed to entertain rather than stimulate deep thought. Songs are called things like Detox and Here To Dance. It seems reasonable to go into this not anticipating Seamus Heaney.

I got tired of the lack of depth a few tracks in. The repeated spewing out of buzzwords and assembly line melodies with little melodic or lyrical variation or attempt at soul of any description. I made it through four tracks . You may do better than me. 

I started longing for some depth and replaced this with The Jesus & Mary Chain's latest record. They're a band as prone to repetition as The Veronicas but I felt safer because the repetition was generated from my corner of the classroom and not the part of it where the cheerleaders park themselves.I'm sorry to be so shallow. But this record deserves it after a while.