The Singles Jukebox

Pop, to two decimal places.

Mariana Vega ft. Ale Sergi – Medicinal

Back to Venezuela, back to singer-songwriters, and back to the general vicinity of [6]…


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Rebecca A. Gowns: Perfectly serviceable campfire-singalong indie pop. Fun and cheery! Timeless as in “without time” — it’s not so much “long-lasting” as it is able to wiggle around anywhere between the mid-1990s and today.
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Patrick St. Michel: I probably should have not watched the video for this as it made me unfairly view “Medicinal” as a YouTube-ready song, somewhere between a cup-stack version of “Let It Go” and an acoustic guitar take on Bobby Shmurda. First thing you see is a ukulele! But no, this is far more easy-breezy than grating, a sweet albeit unremarkable song that’s a pleasant enough three minutes. 
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Sabina Tang: Breezy, sweet, and hard to fault, particularly with Ale Sergi in the mix.
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Brad Shoup: Great chords: curatorially downcast, like a decent Shins #deepcut, or a tolerable Jon Brion backing track. Sergi gets his yowls in, but Vega’s cooing is the hook.
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Juana Giaimo: For a moment I thought I was listening to a song from Natalia Lafourcade’ Hu Hu Hu — the beginning of the verses actually reminds me of “Cursis melodías”. Not even Ale Sergi’s vocals can give more personality to this song!
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Iain Mew: Could they not have left a bit of space in this somewhere? It’s like the most easygoing smothering ever.
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Megan Harrington: Excellent credits music for a light drama that focuses on adult romance featuring at least one character that’s a single mother. 
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Dan MacRae: Who couldn’t enjoy a leisurely stretch of pleasant swaying to this?
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