The Big Moon - Hold This

“Save this holy mess,” announces Jules Jackson in the opening moments on ‘Hold This’ - throwing away the keys to the control booth, and fleeing an unspecified scene of total chaos never to be seen again. Luckily, she’s had second thoughts a verse later, and The Big Moon’s latest becomes an odd, squalling, musical entanglement instead, which wrestles with messy situations, and finds the answers by holding them together.

Echoing the themes of ‘Formidable’ (this new ‘un forms the b-side) ‘Hold This’ is a song that deals in darker and more complex lyrical themes - if Adele was in the building, she’d be gagging to make a ‘Skyfall-esque vocal cameo when Jules starts going on about rubble, and all that sort of thing.

Darkness, and mildly menacing instrumental interludes aside, though ‘Hold This’ remains a total banger of a song, too.