I usually try to find artists to write about who either recently have released new music or where something else has been in the news about them that triggered a lovely blog topics or angle for a blog. But nothing is as unpredictable as a woman, so this time I just got triggered about a song that’s been getting some renewed airplay on one Dutch radio station, recently, but the track was actually a hit two years ago.
The song is “Let Me Down Easy” and it’s performed by the Australian band Sheppard. At the time, they were highly on the rise and I had high hopes for them. The catchy “Let Me Down Easy” was the follow up single to another catchy track called “Geronimo”. But I haven’t heard anything new from them since.
It turns out the band have actually had a few amazingly good reasons to not have released new singles since. They have toured with Meghan Trainor in the States and are touring with Justin Bieber and Martin Garrix in the Australian leg of their tour, this year. And while you’re on the road, it is a bit hard to record new music as well, for which they even recorded a cover version of Justin’s “Let Me Love You”.
The group of six exists of four men and two women and they share a very positive, fun spirit in their music. The harmonies with the addition of two female vocals give them something special that makes them stand out.
“Geronimo” reminded me mainly of fun loving pop groups with an edge like DNCE, but “Let Me Down Easy” has a bit of a reggae pop sound, which you would almost expect from Rudimental, and even Olly Murs could get away with a track like this.
Sheppard have a commercial appeal that you can’t deny and I think the touring will definitely help them forward, but I do worry about the duration in between releases. I think they deserve to move on to the next phase and become a headline act. Maybe that Justin Bieber tour is the push they need to fulfil their purpose.
