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5 Miles sits directly at the album’s halfway mark and offers nothing much of substance, calling to mind a million contemporary popstars currently making a decent living but no lasting impact
on the landscape. Champions shoots for anthemic but winds up phoney and thin, although the touch of co-writer Mozella — who’s CV boasts songs for One Direction, Ellie Goulding and Miley
Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball — ensures it’s destined for third single status and sync royalties. On Youngster, while the lyrics delve into feelings of being usurped by a new generation of stars and
weave neatly into the album’s exploration of mortality, an over-produced sound, courtesy of chart-hit machine production team Ghosted, leaves it hollow. Contrastingly, Stop The Clock is
Blunt at his best, deftly handling the starkest confrontation of his fear at the passing of time. “It’s like the hands of time / are putting handcuffs on mine / and nothing about this is
holy / it’s just killing me, killing me slowly,” he sings in the chorus.
