We’re told that A New Day were raised on a diet of Blink 182, All Time Low, Simple Plan and Jimmy Eat World. Poor buggers. You are what you eat (World), so the saying goes, and sure enough, theirs is a sound that is the sum of its influences: lightweight, poppy pained-teen ‘rock’.
‘She’s got a boyfriend now’ singer / guitarist Chris Tunnicliffe whines on ‘Boyfriend’ as he rides on a riptide of wooah-oooah’ backing vocals. He sounds like he’s doing a fine job of maintaining a chirpy demeanour despite being so heartbroken he’s crying into his milkshake.
The two other tracks, ‘Faith in Me’ and ‘Call You Mine’ (with a predictable parenthetical ‘I Don’t Want To’ appended) are equally mundane, lacking both flavour and nutritional value.
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