First port of call this week was return of some old X Factor flames. On her return single "Call My Name", Cheryl Cole mumbles a passably catchy melody as Calvin Harris provides his typical clap-happy backing track with his eyes closed. It's functional, but not really the comeback single that feathery voiced Cheryl could do with. At the other end of the spectrum, Aiden Grimshaw's performance on his debut single "Is This Love", with it's overpowering D&B lite beats and crunchy basslines, sounds at first unfortunately like a feature spot, rather than a solo effort. Saying that, the song isn't half bad, even if he does sound relatively anonymous. It has the makings of a grower, and this musical direction suits him and could conjure bigger and better things from the budding X Factor alumnus. Listen below...
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