So how about that Sugababes reunion? No, this isn’t it…

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Alfred Soto: The heretofore unknown-on-these-shores leader of Sugababes wants to change this fact with a tumultuous stab at a Katy Perry song, complete with mangled metaphors and a chorus like a bullhorn.
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Iain Mew: Every Friday evening there’s a section on Radio 1 which may or may not still be called Floorfillers. It consists of bosh remixes of current chart hits, all sounding like the result of minutes of work to up the speed and drama of the songs in the most obvious but effective of ways. Recently I was amused by the fact that they played the standard version of Alexandra Burke’s “Elephant”, no further boshing required. When “God Won’t Save You Now” becomes a hit, I think they may have to remix it to tone it down.
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Brad Shoup: By repeating the title over and over, Amelle changes it from a declaration to a fervent hope. DBX’s production, like the summary judgment, is biding: a full-channel ooze carrying Amelle’s anger. The brief breakdown before the brief house-pop bit sees her trying a bit of the Delilah dubstep-vocal hover. Like a display of rage, it’s probably better for the flash.
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Jer Fairall: A screechy, nuance-impaired vocalist and a lumbering, violent dubstep assault compete to out-shrill each other, and the only one who loses is me.
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Katherine St Asaph: If dubstep is brostep is nu-metal, this is the point where it becomes Evanescence. It didn’t happen that fast the first time, so someone I enraged with the first few words will have to provide the intermediate steps I missed; I’ll be too busy brooding and fuming (the dance called for here, I think) and pretending Amelia Brightman’s singing those high notes.
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Jonathan Bogart: More Evanescence than Sugababes, this is just begging to be used in church dramas aimed at (or perhaps featuring) high school students right at the point where the Satan figure is (illusorily) victorious. Next up on the mix-CD: Creed. Cue the fat bearded guy playing Jesus.
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