Rudimental ft. Foxes – Right Here

It’s Auteurist Music Video Monday!

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[5.75]John Seroff: The video for “Right Here” is a short action film about a group of poachers who are trounced by a fighting Tiger monk. Kind of an interesting idea on paper, but choreographing that story to upbeat electronic music forces a lot of disparate parts awkwardly together. Same goes for the song. Foxes’ nice-enough Ellie Goulding voice is echoed by a distracting groan; a constantly repeating electro-vibraphone motif doesn’t match well against the swirly synths; the D&B breaks are sabotaged by the guitars. It’s all shaken where it should be stirred.
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Scott Mildenhall: A definite Post-Album Single, decidedly lacking the punch of the previous three, and that’s probably down to there being no Newman, Clare or Eyre. Foxes conveys about as much emotion as a simile based on an arbitrarily chosen object that’s notably devoid of emotion. But how can she sound so bored while performing on this Rudimental production, one that places Sad Organ alongside steel pans without them feeling incongruous?
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Alfred Soto: It doesn’t hide its origins as a dance track to which the producers have added a bland vocal. A shame the guitar solo couldn’t have happened sooner.
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C?dric Le Merrer: Rudimental’s greatest talent may be as musical directors. The whole thing is the perfect Rudimental formula: dynamic D&B, passionate vocalist and textural organ (OK, here it’s more like steel drums.) But their formula also includes a wildcard: the trumpet on “Feel The Love,” the horns on “Waiting All Night.” Here, the guitar plays that part. This is not the usual rock solo on an EDM track. It sounds more like Modest Mouse than any classic guitar hero, and it’s a perfect match for this beat.
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Patrick St. Michel: Cut this down in half and then we can talk.
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Brad Shoup: Is this seapunk at 1080p? I feel like if this were fuzzier, I wouldn’t develop a headache. Foxes goes for that Alice Gold wisdom, forsaking her raw, bravura performance on “Clarity.”
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Katherine St Asaph: Foxes? Chameleons, more like, given how she’s gone in the span of two singles from sounding pained and angsty and exactly like the singer from DHT on “Clarity” to sounding like another generic British mumblemouth. Rudimental, meanwhile, have gone and heard that Jamie xx song. I expected the drum-and-bass break; I did not expect the further batshittery.
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Anthony Easton: I am all for that moment when the energy slows down, the water overwhelms the track, and it returns sped up. It makes the vapid words and the oooh-ooohs seem better.
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