ARTICLES - TAKE THAT 10 October 2014 Review: Take That's new single, These Days - manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen release their new single These Days from their new album III today. M.E.N. Take That fan Katie Fitzpatrick reviews the song and gives her thoughts...

The first play of the new single by Take That this morning felt like Christmas had arrived early.

I woke with butterflies, like the ones I had when I queued after school to watch them at the Talk of the North club in Eccles.

A new Take That single at any time is always a big deal, but especially now that all eyes and ears are on the band for the first time as a trio, without Robbie and Jason (sob).


The lads teased us Thatters the night before on Twitter with a glimpse of the artwork and title for the new album, appropriately named III.The artwork shows the three remaining members staring into a distorted reflection.

And These Days is a big song to mark a new chapter for Take That, or Take Trois as I like to call them now.

Their first release in more than three years has a very different sound to the releases from the epic Beautiful World, the reflective feel of The Circus and the rather moody, electro sound of Progress.

Poppy, upbeat, almost disco, they sing about dreaming of a dream, their hopes, the future. It sounds like summer. "Tonight I'm going to live for these days" they sing.

These Days is Take That's answer to Pharrell's Get Lucky. It is seriously happy, which was much needed after Jason's shock departure.

It will be played at weddings and parties everywhere. There's even a line advising to turn it up loud, which of course I will.

It was well worth the early rise to have a listen. Here's looking forward to the rest of the album in December and of course the tour.