Pause. Break. Riot! - Retro [Single]
 

Dance/rock music is on a particular high at the moment. The racy genre full of bands such as “Mindless Self-Indulgence” and “Innerparty System” all getting lots of attention recently as they release new material. Fitting into that genre is “Pause. Break. Riot!”, who have an increasing fan base in the UK and beyond.

Instrumentally, this single has a lot of what it takes to make anyone want to dance along. However, the single, “Retro”, has no melody to follow whatsoever. The vocals are just basically an uncharacteristic English accent rambling on at us about how we don’t party as hard as we used to. I argue that as a nation we party way harder than we used to. For example, Rave betters Disco in it’s hardcore partying nature.

More annoying than anything on this single is the “singer’s” voice; it’s just someone taking in the most boring way possible. It honestly sounds more like a middle-aged gentleman who spends his Saturday evenings at the theatre than someone who has the right to preach to everyone about how to Party.

One lyric I agree with is “Someone bring back Crystal Maze.” What a legend of a show. Back to the point however, “Retro” is more of a novelty rather than something that will be remembered as a classic in thirty years time.