New pop girlband on the block Girls Can’t Catch (with a member from former X-Factor group Hope) are back with a cover of Silhouettes’ Keep Your Head Up and a video seriously lacking oomph:
The song itself has a good energy to it, and is immediately catchy. I don’t particularly like songs with one-note melodies though, and I can’t make out all the words. Not amazing but not bad.
However there is a distinct lack of attitude and fierceness in the video! I know the lyrics seem to be about silent strength but seriously they’re singing it on a wall or up against a fence looking coquettish. I don’t think it’s a bad video per se, it just looks like it’s for a different song! The most dramatic moment is when a guy throws a strop over a bad croquet shot!!
6/10 for the song, 4/10 with the video.
The unreleased Silhouettes version sounds a bit more soloish (especially with the end adlibs) and underproduced, but this reveals a bit more feistiness (generic girlband feistiness, though) (via It’s Pop!). Their version uses the words ‘how hard he hits’ so may be a bit more directly about domestic abuse. Wouldn’t necessarily say it’s better, as the vocals haven’t yet been autotuned to perfection, and it’s no Luka in any case.
sorry I have to totally disagree with you. The Silhouettes only had this song as a demo so it wasn’t ever really ‘theirs’ but regardless these girls can sing and sing powerfully. Having seen them perform live they can deliver a punchy, fierce performance without the use of Autotune!