Mystery Jets - Diamonds In The Dark

So Mr Mystery Jet met this young lass at school, loved her and lost her, and now he's regretful. Instead of putting on his cannae-take-it face and mawkishly balladeering about her, he's taken the Teardrop Explodes' romanticism and the Killers' guitar-pop sheen and written a triumphant and classic pop song about the whole palaver. Now, OK, the theme is age-old, the vocals and lyrics are nothing special, there ain't no crazy jazz solo or clever squelchy bit, so it doesn't have a lot to remark about. In fact, it's more basic than bread, but sometimes pop works in Mysterious ways. [Ally Brown]