(Hussle/EMI)

The second single from Scottish superstar Mylo’s visionary album, also of the same name, is already creeping up the charts. ‘Destroy Rock & Roll’ boasts the sort of solid dynamic beat that really makes a song work, coupling strong yet unoppressive drum rhythms with synth and guitar in catchy marriage of sound. The vocals are a spoken word sermon calling for the “destroying

of rock music directed specifically against children” further moving to condemn practically every big-name in music that ever was (well, spanning the 70s to the 90s anyway). Prince, Van Halen, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Bananarama, U2, the Eurythmics, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Tyler, The Pretenders, Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac to name a few. Inspired by Mylo’s travels on the west coast of the US no doubt, the voice over unfortunately rubs me the wrong way and to be brutally honest almost ruins the song in my opinion.

The first time I heard the album version I prayed for an instrumental on the single but no luck here. Boasting a three remixes, one for those true house fiends out there from Tom Neville, an absolute killer electro dub courtesy of Headman (my personal favourite), and a choppy, chaotic mix from Riton, the varied sounds add new dimensions to how the song can be perceived but I really think that a basic vocal-less strip down would’ve gone down a treat.

The big follow up to ‘Drop the Pressure’, ‘Destroy Rock & Roll’ has been given a chance to shine without other big hits on the album sandwiching it like bookends. In it’s own right it’s is definitely a note-worth tune but when lined up with some of Mylo’s other genius rhapsodies I feel it could be easily overlooked.