Remember when the Sugababes used to be really good? Cast your minds back to 2000 when their career was still in its infancy, when the group existed as something so far removed from the interchangeable, overly-glossy threesome it is today.
It's as if then, RD are a reincarnation of that first, great Sugababes line-up (they even have a Siobhan Donaghy lookalike!), with a bit of TLC thrown in too for good measure. They're gritty, urban, and in possession of the kind of swagger Cher Lloyd can only ever dream about.
The girl group's debut single Got Me Burnin' was penned by songstress of the moment Katy B and wears her stamp all over it with its sprightly vocals and relentless stomp-stomp kick drum. Bursting with a calypso-styled rhythm, steel drums accentuate sultry harmonies and there's even a nifty little rap towards the end of the track.
With the stylish video and a deal with Polydor in the bag, this feels like a sufficiently mainstream enough debut effort to break through to the charts - but what does it for me though is that definite edge to the group.
They have that 'bite' that leaves you wanting more - sometimes a group just has that perfect synergy between their music and their look, and RD have undoubtedly hit on the right formula.
Got Me Burnin' is released on the 25th September.
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