poptimists | Pop Open 00s Group REVEALED

Reveals and reviews below the cut:

Track One: Noze - "Remember Love" - supposedly this is some kind of dance anthem which leads me to suspect that the world of dance has got a bit perverse, anyway I like the combination of half-speaking and house piano and this definitely sticks in the head. A good shout for a share of the points but this is a strong field.

Track Two: Riskay - "Smell Yo Dick" - maybe I should pay more attention to the blogosphere if this is the kind of thing it likes. Obviously the hook here is the combination of gorgeous melody and purest filth. Immediate impact helps it to second place at least.

Track Three: Pendulum - "Hold Your Colour" - every now and then I think "god maybe I've been wrong about drum and bass" - this is one of those times. While the drums still sound like pretty basic jump-up stuff, the layering of systems music pianos and shoegazey hooks on top really works and this one is probably my top pick.

Track Four: Glass Candy - "Candy Castle" - the weakest link here - good blank electro atmospherics and a nice voice but no real hooks to speak of.

The poll is running until MONDAY LUNCHTIME. You can hear the tracks at http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/11/the-pop-open-week-14/

[Poll #1092507]

And then it's on to ROUND 3! These are a series of unthemed - i.e. you can pick anything you like - one-on-one contests, which I will be putting out at a fair clip I hope. I will put the fites up in the order I get both tracks, so send one to leagueofpop@gmail.com ASAP (not counting the 2 qualifies from the 00s group, unless they're specially confident innit) MP3 format please!

FITES will be as follows - this may or may not affect yr choice of track.