Rose Elinor Dougal – Start/Stop/Synchro

Rose Elinor Dougal, formerly of the Pipettes has done the video for this lovely song. She has that rather English tone to her voice (like Sophie Ellis Bextor) and starts off with a spiky harpsichordy accompaniment to contrast with her smooth drawl before the rest of her band the Distractions kick in – great kit on this track. Retro-ish without being conspicuously so (isn’t that getting a bit tired by now? I think Pixie Lott is pushing it to be honest). I’ve ended up playing this over and over again. 9/10. Loses a mark for not particularly memorable verses (but still lovely!). Video a bit rubbish IMO, nice photography but still looks a bit cheap – band standing around, band walking in a totally unnatural line etc.) Also I don’t like it when songs have silly titles – sets off the pretension alarms!

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