Mirrorkicks : 'Anything'
Released: 2nd February 2010
Label: Fruit Pie Records
‘Anything’ by Mirrorkicks promised for about 42 seconds to be a dull, unimaginative waste of my time and yours – drum, bass, drum, bass, throw in a chopped guitar up and some diced vocals, top with sugar and consume then feel bad about your life and what a waste of time it’s ultimately become.
Then everything changed. Largely thanks to the guy who I assume meant to turn the sound of Mario Kart down whilst recording his bit the song takes off, flying into a chorus that is beautiful, seductive, entirely emotive and splendidly put together with the help of those electronic sounds that shouldn’t really fit with the other components. It’s layered in a ‘throw it all in, see what comes out’ fashion and just clicks; I can genuinely picture the moment this song came alive in the studio, such is the tangible transition that takes the opening moments of this number into a whole new field of wonder. The vocal is powerful and clearly comes from a talented man, the band compliment each other well enough, but it really is that surprisingly clever and melodically superb chorus that takes them into another level and whether it’s repeated on their other offerings remains to be seen, but on its own ‘Anything’ is an absolutely brilliant song that represents a band that could well be anything; if they make more records like this, expect to hear a lot about them.
Swiftly then in to what people in my day called the B-side (you used to have to turn things called cassettes over – I know, crazy) ‘Think Fast’, which is a song with plenty to live up to. This is more straight-forward rock and ultimately fails to live up to the single but I totally expected that, so I’m not as disappointed as I perhaps might’ve been. There are still moments of light - this band seem to specialise in pre-chorus breakdowns that build anticipation with a seamlessness not often heard - but the real demonstrations of skill within this record are when the band indulge in musical interlude which, whilst impressive, won’t gain them half as many fans as the A-side’s melody will. Perhaps this is well placed to advertise their spectrum of talents, but as it stands I feel like it just chisels away at the good work done already.
All told both of these songs were fun to listen to, the first was an astonishingly glorious addition to my day, and Mirrorkicks are worth keeping an eye on.
7/10
Words: Benjamin Coley
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