New Music Review - ‘Better Days’ by Odds & Ends
Better Days by Odds & Ends is the summer anthem that you need in your life. Released Friday the 18th November 2022, it will make you feel higher and higher with every listen. Artwork by Jemilah Ross-Hayes.
Odds & Ends always have this classy touch to everything they deliver, giving their music this special vibe that you cannot just gloss over.
Yesterday marked another monumental release for the lads of Auckland-based Odds & Ends, with the best early Christmas gift of their latest, catchy track, Better Days, a deliciously vibrant song that will turn any frowns from this week upside down.
Sentimental beats allow the opening of the song to be bought to life, like the most beautiful sun-drenched moment that you’ve felt, flowing in with all the magical memories that surrounds you and your closest pals.
The weather outside might be frightful, but Better Days is so delightful with the amount of summer flings it comes with, creating this sound that is incredibly influential from the start.
Odds & Ends have been on their game since the get-go, working to put their best feet forward with organising their own shows, among many other exciting projects they’ve been working on as a band and in their personal lives. Odds & Ends are committed to their craft of creating beautiful music and for that, I admire the extreme lengths of hard work that they put out there.
Better Days is exceptionally light and bubbly, a true Odds & Ends moment that they showcase throughout their music. With truthful hooks and brilliantly packed riffs, beats and vocals that could go on for years, Better Days is certainly a top contender for being one of the catchiest Odds & Ends songs they have released thus far. (I could genuinely say this about every song they let loose into the world - the form that Odds & Ends take in their music is always mind boggling).
Better Days comes across in this magical way, inserting this upbeat, positive energy in your brain that will make you want to go out there, smashing all of those goals that you’re looking to achieve, big or small, every day.
Having Better Days on repeat is not something that should be questioned - it should just be a task that doesn’t require you to think about it because the track is such a feel-good vibe.
Personally, I rate Better Days quite high on the scale of New Zealand singles that have been released this year. I would advise not to sleep on this one and to stream it/purchase it now!
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