Girls Aloud Return

The lovely British lasses of Girls Aloud premiered their new single, The Promise, on a British radio station Sunday night. At first when I heard the song, I was a little underwhelmed, but then, I listened to it again and realized how catchy and clever it was. It's has a 60's undertone. It's the gals own spin on the 60's soul sound resurgence that has taken place in England in '07 and '08. Sugababes did this with their newest single to, but I like the Girls Aloud song better. The chorus is super catchy and the song really gets going with the second verse. The horns create a great (ba bada bada) groove throughout. The girls voices are in top form. The "you're gonna make me, make me, love you" part winds and spins and leads to "the promise I made, promise I made" part. Very different song for them, and they pull it off. Well done, gals. I can't wait for the new album.