MP3: Paris - When I laid my eyes on you
It's surprisingly easy for a band like Paris to slip under the radar. There's no quirks, no gimmicks; just a solid band playing pop music on conventional rock instruments. But y'know what? Sometimes that's enough. In a world where everything has to be bigger, brasher, more more more, a band like Paris can be awfully refreshing. "When I laid my eyes on you" is the first single from the band's new record "The landlord is kind enough to let us have our little sessions", so named because they recorded most of said album in bassist Mattias Svensson's living room. It's a nice little mid-tempo number with a fuzzy synth doing a counterpoint melody with the vocal line. The chorus takes the same idea and opens it up a bit wider with louder guitars and crashing drums. I love the way they split each line at "find/fine" with a ricocheting guitar chord and a single bar of half-time. There's quite a bit of syncopation going on, though it's softened by conspicuous reverb and delay. Remember, this is essentially disco-pop (hear that doubled-up hi-hat!), so it goes with the territory. Plenty of postpunk acts attempt to exploit similar tactics, but sometimes I want something a bit cheerier and that's exactly where Paris comes in.
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Paris - When I laid my eyes on you