The Singles Jukebox

Pop, to two decimal places.

Luke Sital-Singh – Nothing Stays the Same

Oh! We forgot we had another Sound Of artist to cover. Probably for a reason…


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Katherine St Asaph: Funny, you’re rather samey yourself.
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Alfred Soto: “Beautiful,” “It’s alright,” “let your guard down” — those words in songs are like seeing Sbarro’s and Dunkin Donuts on a turnpike exit sign. Now imagine a choir singing them.
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Anthony Easton: The only thing that is being pounded is my boredom. The only thing that is getting shredded is my sense of decent writing. A terrible mess of banal clichés and worse earnestness. 
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Brad Shoup: You think there are drummers that just practice the kick now? I think about things like this in the vast silence after someone sings “I can taste it in my mouth.”
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Crystal Leww: YELLING! WE ARE ALLLLLLLLL PEOPLE! TIME IS ALWAYS MOOOOOOVING! GUITAR! LOUD! INSPIRATION!AL! 
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Will Adams: Luke Sital-Singh has got a grit to his voice that seems well suited for more quiet affairs, but “Nothing Stays the Same” insists on grandeur with a heightened pulse, choirs, and sweeping strings. Luke has to overexert to match the energy, but it only exacerbates his weaknesses as a vocalist.
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Edward Okulicz: This is music that sounds as if it was made to be used to soundtrack promotional material for an upcoming glossy drama series, placed beneath a montage of particularly heart-wrenching scenes where someone goes through a break-up, a death in the family or being exposed for their duplicitousness in excruciating detail. It’s also rather too grandiose for the singer’s pipes; it’s a strain from note one.
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