When the seatbelt sign is off, feel free to move around the engines…
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Jonathan Bogart: Try getting past the Rhine before you shoot for the world.
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Alfred Soto: For such an ambitious title the beat is rather lockjawed.
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Anthony Easton: This sounds very Korean to me, though it’s Czech. Does that mean that Eurobosh and K-pop are cross breeding like some multi-headed, all consuming, pop-culture kaiju? (I know kajiu are Japanese, but after Pacific Rim, don’t they belong to all of us?)
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Iain Mew: The electro production, flimsy but heavy on bass and unexpected thrills, gives me serious “The DJ is Mine” vibes. “World Domination” is intermittently as enjoyable, but mainly hampered by its nonsense lyrics being more dull than entertaining (Wii reference excepted) and the Angels being unable to take much of the strain of the melody or pronunciation.
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Brad Shoup: This literally reads like a Korean-to-English translation with a couple of product placements jammed in. Like a lot of nakedly rousing songs, though, “World Domination” remains winning as it loses. Sticky phrases slide off a Teflon EDM shuffle: “he’s the maxi of cool,” “shut your mouth and move on,” “high above the skyline.” But there’s just no inflating this balloon any further.
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Scott Mildenhall: “I jump into my Reebok shoes”. That is the opening line of this song. What more to say? Well, how about where have this group come from? Prague, yes, but how from there have they landed a support slot with Union J, among other not-quite-coups? Is it another Emin job? Perhaps it’s just a question of skill — “life’s like playing on the Wii”, after all — but, not to be hard on 5Angels themselves, this is not a skilful work. A conceit that makes Neon Jungle look edgier than a fine Irish guitarist and production that equates at best to a RedHalf are not worthy of a “golden generation.” Maybe it could have worked in 1999 with the aid of a kids TV show, but not now.
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Will Adams: Pop music shouldn’t make me feel old.
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