Razorlight - Somewhere else - Single Review

Razorlight

Razorlight - Somewhere else - Single Review

Razorlight
Somewhere else Following the success of the Album that was ‘Up All Night’ Razorlight release this single and what a bobby it is. Raw vocals, Johnny Borrel style, are becoming trademark stuff in indie music, or should I say the mainstream music world. Like a mix between Mick Jagger, Julian Casablanca, and the strain of Cobain unplugged style it sounds rather epic yet original too. This tune is a blatant festival sing along song, it even has sound of a live manic crowd dubbed over it, as if it needs it! Starting with what sounds like a piano leading to the gradual climax of Borrel shouting “I really, really wish I could be somewhere else” together with their trademark pummelling strumming method of

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4.5/5

http://www.razorlight.co.uk

Alex Parker