Exciting, original and intelligent pop music. This French band are on the verge of something big, based on Big Day, a sweeping number that mixes up vocalist Xavier Boyer's little-boy-lost vocals, quasi-soul stylings, a buoyant, Tom Tom Club-esque bassline and ecstatic background vocals and sweet harmonies. It has an innocence and prettiness lacking in a lot of modern pop music, and deserves to be a big hit.
The only worrying thing about Big Day is its propensity to edge towards the kind of soft-rock peddled by Maroon 5, as Boyer's sweet falsetto does seem reminiscent of the style favoured by a certain Adam Levine.The potential warning signs are diverted though by an intelligence and innocence lacked by those Maroon 5 boys. Plus when you hear Boyer tell us there's "A big day waiting for you", you believe him to be sincere. When Levine tells us "She will be loved", you think he's a fibber.
Anyway. I like this. Do what is right. Make this song a hit.
