British pop singer and songwriter Sadie Nix returns with the throbbing electropop of ‘Lightning’. An emotive piece of radio-friendly pop that is ought to plant Nix firmly among her contemporaries as a capable performer and writer.
Based in Brighton, Sadie Nix’s music is as simple and as straightforward as good pop should be, and is as intricate, delicate, and stirring as pop should also be. A singer who seems to be well on her way to master the nuanced art of writing pop music, Sadie Nix’s in influenced by divas such as Taylor Swift, with her emotional and lyrical vulnerability, as well as by Janet Jackson, a pop icon with timeless style and panache, and putting two plus two, it comes as no surprise that Nix is capable of penning down some truly stirring pop, with ‘Lighting’ being just that.
With a gregarious, electric groove that’s akin to Muse’s ‘Guiding Light’ and its massive presence, ‘Lightning’ is just as confident or present. With pop sensibilities that are as bright as what could be found on Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto, Nix’s vocals pierce through the mix with their cool and subdued nature, neutralizing the song’s massive arrangement into something that’s personable and warm, rather than downright thunderous.
The fantastic mix with its array of throbbing synths, and the song’s emotional set of chord sequences and melodies that tightly hug the chord movements, ‘Lightning’ is a song that sounds pretty and memorable.