SINGLE: Westlife – Us Against the World

It’s fair to say that when the new Westlife single arrived at the mighty Void Towers, the interest in reviewing said CD was a little less than the normal scrabble, to the point that the editor was considering calling the PR company to ask why we were sent it in the first place. Then we had a think about it. Westlife are a highly successful Irish band. They have a lot of fans, many of them females who would love to read about the new Westlife single. Therefore, with our sudden new interest in the Irish pop market, and as journalistic professionals, we decided to take a shot at reviewing the single.

The verdict: Well, less than satisfactory to be honest. Westlife have been around for 10 years and this, the second release from their Back Home album, is pretty much a standard Westlife ballad. Gone are the days of World of our Own and back are the days of wearing suits with undone bow ties, looking forlorn, and standing up for the key change.

Naturally, we would be the first to admit we are no expert in this subject, and so in an aim to get an unbiased opinion on the matter, we phoned one of our mums to get their opinion. “It’s a bit boring isn’t it, I wouldn’t say it was Westlife, they are normally more chirpy than this,” she said after listening to if for about a minute, and we can see her point. It sounds more like a Boyzone B-side and not a decent three minute slice of pop.

Of course, we are being critical for critical’s sake. The single will no doubt go on to reach the top ten and get air time on MTV and The Hits, we would just have preferred some Irish coffee instead of weak tea and biscuits.

Westlife – Us Against the World is out now to buy on CD single. Their album, Back Home, is available to buy from here.