The Overtones are an odd group to pigeon-hole. On one hand the male vocal group have a kind of classy, retro-tinged adult pop sheen to them; a band with a sleek image sure to fire them straight into the hearts of housewives across the country.
But on the other hand, they feel far more in line with boybands of ten years ago, slotting neatly alongside your Blue's and your Westlife's.
Their new single Second Last Chance - one of three new songs from the platinum edition of their debut album - is the epitome of this. The chorus is spot on; a classic, instant pop hook accompanied by nice little harmonies - the trouble is that it sounds dated, and not in a good way.
The production feels cheap and tacky, all karaoke track instruments - cheap organs, cheap brass. It's a kind of ready-made boyband pop for the ITV reality show generation. Fitting then, that the group have previously served as the house band on ITV's Dancing On Ice.
Superficial presentation aside though, Second Last Chance is a satisfactory stab at a solid retro pop track; which of course seem to have become all the rage of late. Girls Aloud's The Promise, Adele's Rolling In The Deep - all have previously mined deep the sounds and trends of the past.
Second Last Chance is released on the 10th October - The platinum version of Good Ol' Fashioned Love is released a week later and can be pre-ordered here.
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