Bachelor - 'Anything At All' (Latest single)

Bachelor - ‘Anything At All’

Single review by Alan Neilson

Bachelor is Jay Som and Palehound’s new joint project, and their first song ‘Anything At All’ is out now and it is stunning. Blessed with an almost perfect groove from a deceptively simple opening bass and drum combo, the song slowly develops adding synths and vocals until it practically bursts from your speakers with a dirty lead guitar break.

Just when you think it is going to follow convention and do the repeat chorus and groove to the end, they instead go for a maelstrom of guitar feedback and synth noise, which just when you think it is fading gets louder and louder.

And then when you think the song has finished the bass and drum groove returns but cut back more than when it came in… and then when you don’t expect it to finish, it does. Boom.

The first time I heard this I was mesmerised from start to finish and found its twists and turns and individuality captivating. The contrast between the funky groove, the beautifully filthy overdriven guitars and the angelic vocals is beguiling and the partnership of Melina Duterte and Ellen Kemper is already a perfect match.

The only negative is the artwork for the single. When you look at Jay Som and Palehound’s previous releases, there is a sense of style, whereas as the ‘Anything At All’ cover looks like the first image you’d get with a inserting random images and text into a Word document. As this image is the first thing potential listeners see before hearing the magic behind it, I fear it might not grab their attention. But those who pass will be missing out big time.

I am so excited to hear what they release next.

Bachelor’s single ‘Anything At All’ is out now from all download stores.