Go:Audio - She Left Me (Single)
 

Go:Audio’s ‘She Left Me’ doesn’t cover any new ground. It’s a slick jaunt along the fine line between pop-rock, and just plain pop, with a feel good chorus packed with hooks that’ll have you singing along in no time. However, there are a million Myspace hopefuls churning out similarly polished pop-rock nuggets. Even those who manage to catch the masses’ attention usually only hold onto it until the next five-million-profile-views hopeful releases their debut album.

So what sets this guilty pleasure apart from the rest of the crowd? The answer is its lyrics. ‘She Left Me’ is a genuinely funny tale of trying to cover up the fact that you’ve just been dumped. Lie-packed lines such as “she’s got herself arrested / got ten years locked away / but that’s okay / because the honest truth I was gonna end it anyway,” are guaranteed to put a smile on even the sourest of faces, especially when it’s delivered over Go:Audio’s dizzy piano notes and unobtrusive riffs.

Go:Audio have that sort of pop and barely-rock appeal that recent upstarts Elliot Minor are forging quite a career out of, and ‘She Left Me’s brand of self-depreciating humour gives it that essential edge over all those similar-sounding bands. A sing along chorus, big, poppy hooks and smile-inducing lyrics will make this song a guilty pleasure for alternative music fans - even if many of them won’t want to admit to owning a copy.