Appleton - Side by Side

[Jark]

omg. they're on Scott Mills next Thursday presumably debuting the new single.

 

[Iguana]

This is a SOFT POP EMERGENCY!

 

[funky]

POISED

 

[Dark Carnival]

HERE!

 

[straightorbroken]

Omg fast-forward the moment (then freeze it).

 

[K.C.]

Everybody cancel all your plans.

 

[Jark]

their debut really is full of brilliant songs and hilarious lyricism

forget about!!
the MYSTIC WISDOM of the ANCIENTS

 

[Shoat]

Seeing as nobody but a few online gays knows it already exists, can they just try to palm off "5am" as the new single please?

 

[funky]

To think, they might actually release their album before the Sugababes.

 

[Jark]

 

[Jark]

out tomorrow!

 

[straightorbroken]

The snippet is gorge:

Nicole sounds nice. I assume the clip begins after Nat's nabbed the first verse.

 

[Jark]

I'll save myself for the full song tomorrow. produced by Gareth Young who also did Fantasy

 

[AlgoAlex]

The snippet is gorge:

Nicole sounds nice. I assume the clip begins after Nat's nabbed the first verse.

I mean that could easily have been on the first album! That's not a bad thing !

 

[Iguana]

Oh that sounds lovely!

 

[straightorbroken]

It's already stuck in my head.

 

[Berly]

It sounds very early 2000s, if it’s just for nostalgia then lovely yeah but not sold on the clip

 

[Devil]

TBF I have no expectations for this, so if it’s decent I’ll happily take it.

 

[GNL]

Very pleasant!

 

[jivafox]

“‘ELLO?”

 

[Jark]

It's good but lyrically and melodically a little clunky.

 

[GNL]

 

[VoR]

It’s no Louise-style shock triumph. But it’s as good as an Appleton comeback in 2026 could reasonably have been expected.

Similarly to how I missed Natalie’s vocals on the recent Shaznay solo album, I find myself yearning for a bit of Shaznay’s flavour in the vocal mix on this.

Bloody Mel and her burgers.

 

[funky]

I’m a little disappointed that this sounds dated but I’m more disappointed that I’m not enjoying a bright and breezy pop production with overproduced strings and generic acoustic guitar

I mean I used to lap that shit up

 

[Shoat]

I think my problem is it sounds like Appleton singing a Louise song. Lovely harmonies as always, but the production is very bland.

 

[K.C.]

This sounds like the isolated backing vocals to an All Saints song.

 

[Rita]

Im assuming this is all SELF FUNDED? Fair play to them if they just wanted to put some new music out there and enjoy performing. I wasn’t all that keen first time round personally….

 

[Jark]

released by Appleton Recordings so independent / self funded I'd say

 

[straightorbroken]

I like it. Bodes well, but I don't anticipate surprises.

 

[Halli]

I like it - some of the lyrics are a bit cringe they way Everything Eventually was but its very THEM and a big surprise for them to be releasing any new music so I am here for it. and if they get to an ALBAM i'm confident there will be some GEMS on there.

 

[Eddie]

This sounds like the isolated backing vocals to an All Saints song.

Isn't that their entire oeuvre?

 

[straightorbroken]

Nicole on isolated spoken words. Natalie heavy lifting vocal duties - One Woman Man would have been a racket without her.

 

[K.C.]

Isn't that their entire oeuvre?

Very NICHE market

 

[K.C.]

Also we need to talk about these denim lewks.

 

[lolly]

Well that's certainly a quite pleasant song.

 

[K.C.]

A song being called "pleasant" this many times is a red flag.

 

[funky]

Im assuming this is all SELF FUNDED? Fair play to them if they just wanted to put some new music out there and enjoy performing. I wasn’t all that keen first time round personally….

I love the “I WISH THEM WELL” energy of this post

 

[Devil]

I mean that’s not bad. Very ‘Here it Comes Again’ as a comeback sounding, but I quite liked that. A bit more oomph would’ve elevated it.

 

[Iguana]

Do they HAVE OOMPH?

 

[GNL]

I absolutely love All Saints but they do feel like the ur-example of a girl group being far better than its constituent parts.