Sensorites

Slipstream.

Named after a very old Doctor Who serial first broadcasted in the 60s, the Sensorites return after their first single Spacemen was released over a year ago. Previously their sound captured a galactic, slightly psychedelic vibe, and since then it’s probably been a question of; just where do you go from space?

Keeping the torch for Mersey bands alight, the band are akin to the Beatles (but nowhere near as dynamic) and also the Coral to a degree. Though perhaps an even better likeness would be to the queens of effervescence, the Scissor Sisters during the time of their first album (but again not quite so accomplished, or at least not far enough down the line yet for such diversity).

Slipstream is quintessentially bouncy pop by the most basic of summations. This makes it to be an especially good song for the morning or whenever it is that you get up - thoroughly cheerful and ridiculously catchy. Yet albeit this it where the intricacy ends. Depending on how deeply you want to look into it, this single cannot conceal it’s monotonous plod - promising nothing of a musical journey whilst adamantly keeping to the same formula throughout. But it is a fun song after all…

Still, the bounce of Slipstream tires easily and becomes outright annoying if you happen to play it more than once. In fact it can become so very annoying that it may feel as though you’re standing next to an arcade bandit, stuck on loop and refusing to refund any of the money that you’ve submitted - never mind offering something in return of more value.

Perhaps this analogy is a little unfair as by no means do the Sensorites sound as digital or as simple as a computer game, though the easily diagnostic genre of the band stands firmly as electro indie pop. They would have fitted in nicely about four years ago alongside The Hoosiers and The Feeling.

This single is certainly well produced (if not overly), very clean sounding and fundamentally as smooth as a Slipstream. Certainly nothing we haven’t heard before, but if you’re in the mood to bop to pure pop, then the Sensorites are more than likely right up your street.