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You can listen to Give Yourself A Try now - here's my thoughts

Spoiler

As mentioned in another post here, the single is available on Chinese streaming app QQMusic, you just need a VPN set to a location in China (HK) to listen.

The song has a very distorted guitar/synth lead that runs through the whole song switching between two notes, with a clean rhythm guitar arpeggiating in the right ear, over a dry very automatic sounding drum machine. The lyrics are those that appear at the top of the Instagram post for the single. The chorus is just "won't you give yourself a try" over and over. The song feels very short, very uptempo and upbeat. Not that much more to it, Matty's vocals are a little autotuned which is more or less noticeable at different parts of the record. It's a catchy pop tune but not a masterpiece by any means, and it is the most upbeat, bright sounding song they've ever put out.

Posted May 31, 2018, 2:25 PM UTC

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