Like an economy-sized Backstreet Boys, this duo is ready for action. They've got the "young fresh sound" down pat. The hits are there, like the blurping synth-disco of "Chained To You" and the plaintive blue-eyed R&B of "I Knew I Loved You." Even better, they've got the looks for the entire audio-visual experience. Just take one glance at these two hotties and you can direct the music video: set them on a windswept hill, shirts unbuttoned and fists raised in protestations of their love.
The one curious thing is how depressing the tunes are. Songs of spousal abuse ("Two Beds & A Coffee Machine"), crumbling relationships ("Hold Me"), and crushing depression ("Crash And Burn") play out in radio-friendly musical settings. The wide-eyed self-help of the title track sounds almost like a bracing for the content that follows. These themes may be a play for artistic credibility, but it's rather hard to take them seriously with the candy floss that enfolds them.
All recordings written by D. Hayes, D. Jones, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment. ΓÇ£I Knew I Loved YouΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£Two Beds & A Coffee MachineΓÇ¥ courtesy of WB Music Corp./Rough Cut Music (ASCAP). The Animal Song courtesy of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Rough Cut Music (BMI).
