EXCLUSIVE: Little Mix - DNA
Introduction.
Track by Track.
The opening
track is the chart-topper Wings.
Inspite of the common theme of the song (I’m sure you’re able to mention at
least 4-5 songs that talk about “Mama’s advices” and “self-reliance”), the
music is quite interesting, I love the “clapping drum” and the way this song
differs from the debut single of the band, Damien Rice’s cover of Cannonball. Let’s explore Little Mix.
The second track is DNA. Lyrics about
inevitable love, mixed with scientific and biological references. Electronic,
dark. Electrocardiogram sounds mixed with a creepy carillon. I love it. A very
good choice for the second single of the album in my opinion, and another side
of the girlband. Change your life
follows. Cool piano background with strong beat, even if the rap beginning
could sound a little weird, it’s a nice song about being self-confident, strong
and being able to make a change. Good, indeed.
Track
number four is Always be together.
Some kind of power ballad about true friendship. I really love the voices of
the girls in this one, if you have a beautiful voice, ballads always justice
you. Step back, it’s Stereo soldier
time! Nice up-tempo track, with a military drum rhythm. A little “Gwen
Stefanish”. Love the breakdown. At number six, arrives the track I’m really
curious to listen. Pretend it’s OK, a
song co-written with Xenomaniacs Miranda Cooper and Brian Higgins. From this
song I was expecting an up-tempo but unexpectedly, it’s a ballad. Violins
background, amazing beat. I really love the lyrics, especially the first verse
and the bridge. One of my favorites. Another ballad follows, but not as
powerful as the previous. Turn your face
is a pure ballad, accompanied just with a piano. The rhythm drops more than
before. Touching try. We are who we are
is next. Cool upbeat electronic about being yourself (ok, again!) but it’s a
theme I’ve always loved. Let’s make a change now. How ya doin’? it’s a different track, the Future Cut production is
touchable. A little bit “ghetto”, very rhythmic track.
ETs are
coming with Red Planet. Upbeat, electric
guitars. Nice track, nothing pretentious. Here we are with track number eleven
,another one I was waiting for. Co-written and co-produced with Girls Aloud
ginger Nicola Roberts and DJ Diplo. I was expecting a new Beat Of My Drum, but I was wrong. The track is really fluent, some
kind of “spanish mood” but with lyrics about a lazy and boring boyfriend. Love
the rap bridge, a thing I would expect from Diplo. A really particular song,
it’s the kind of innovation I like to hear in pop music. Ending track of the
standard edition is Madhouse. Dark,
dark and electronic. Yes! I love these songs that are a little bit mental.
Amazing track, personally I wouldn’t put it as the final song of the album.
I think we
should also talk about the three bonus tracks we found on the deluxe edition of
DNA. Love Drunk is a heavy electronic track, seasoned with house sounds of
“Satisfaction” by Benny Benassi. I personally don’t like house music, but this
use of these melodies, is cool. An nice enjoyable track, a lot better than
other tracks of the album. Make you
believe is a power ballad with harmonized choruses by the girls. Again, a
track I would personally put into the standard edition of the album. What a
pity. The last bonus of the album is Case
closed. Yet a ballad, but what a ballad! These are the kind of songs that
tickle my hearts. Why making a bonus track of it?!
The Verdict.
I think
this album is quite good. I love the way Little Mix seems able to be change
continuously style, to be kaleidoscopic. There is something that doesn’t
convince me, though. Maybe I would have arranged the tracks differently, there are
too long “ballad periods” and “uptempo
periods”. Also, I feel that there’s something missing in the architecture of
the album, don’t know exactly what, should give it another listened.
Good
moments: DNA, Pretend It’s OK, Going Nowhere, Madhouse, Love Drunk, Case
Closed.
4-/5
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