Tina Dico - Give In

Rolling along on an accompaniment of acoustic strumming, which respectfully gives way to an anodyne vocal, Give In suggests that the best path is the path of least resistance. Sadly, the musicians involved have taken this advice, creating three minutes of forgettable, trite platitudes. Not only does this record advocate surrender, it encourages apathy in the listener and is insultingly simple, lacking even the merest suggestion of panache, emotion or style: a facsimile of the emotional ballad, where the record sleeve is more interesting than the CD itself. [Gareth K Vile]