Get Up by Chris Singleton
A fine offering
from a young London-based Irishman with, by all accounts, something of
a London Underground obsession. Combining the pop sensibility of an
Elvis Costello with the voice of a Richard Hawley, Get Up is as fresh
and catchy as any of this year’s releases. It’s taken a long time in
coming but this might just be my favourite single of the year. If the
first hearing doesn’t get you the second one certainly will, and by the
third you’ll be stuck with this playing in your head for most of the
festive period. If I had to offer up one tip for stardom in 2007 Chris
Singleton might well be it.
Martin Sirl