Another great outing from Newcastle’s yourcodenameis:milo, this is single number two from second album proper They Came From The Sun.
Compared with previous single ‘Understand’, what ‘I’m Impressed’ lacks in immediacy and accessibility it makes up for in complexity and ambition. Strong and melodic, it’s a finely-crafted winner.
It really is a clever number – just when you think you’ve got the measure of the pounding drums and opening verse, the track takes detours which, while surprising, never compromise the track’s coherence. Deceptively challenging, it’s only after repeated listens that it becomes plain that the real chorus of the song is not the repeated set of vocal lines but rather the recurring intricate instrumental section. The momentum of the track creeps up on the listener as the band deftly builds to a brilliantly satisfying crescendo. And all this in under three-and-a-half minutes.
Congratulations, yourcodenameis:milo – I’m impressed.
wonder why they haven't put screaming ground out instead
its the best song on the album.
i like the experimental-indie thing they have going on this album, much better than ignoto
I love this song
Hurrah!
I think you have it backwards
it has an air of immediacy and accessibility and very little complexity and ambition. It's ok though.
I like it, but
it's my least favourite on the album - which is super fab. Surely "About Leaving" was BORN to be a single. It's catchy as shit and a bit weird.
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is the best song on the album, IMO. Ignoto was much much better though.
veyr catchy song
Also a good song, like with 17 on ignoto which was fairly mainstream i remember seeing the amazing video several times on mtv2. anyway not the best song on the album but a good single and hopefully the b-sides are as decent as they were for understand
i reckon they
went with this one because the first minute or so sounds like the gossip
it's ok
The song is alright, maybe a 6/10 from me. I think the video is shit!
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ace, this is my favourite song on the album.
really???
I really think it's my least favourite they've ever done. Hah, I just don't see it at all. Bummer for me.
the thing is
There isn't an obvious choice of a single on the album, other than Understand really.
So far in these comments have been claims of 3 different obvious singles aside from the 2 that have been. And I'd claim that Pacific Theatre is single material anyway.
Hah, good point