Jack McManus is a 23 year-old Brit School educated singer/songwriter who has incredibly big hair. ‘You Think I Don’t Care’ is the second single to have been lifted from his debut album ‘Either Side of Midnight’. Like many of his Brit School peers; Jack McManus creates incredibly dull lightweight pop fodder and for most his music is therefore probably best avoided.
‘You Think I Don’t Care’ is a very weak single; it’s the sort of song that if it came on the radio then you probably wouldn’t even notice it was playing. The track is very bland and leaves little of a lasting impression whatsoever. McManus tries to sell the track with its chorus but for me it just doesn’t really work. The tracks chorus is a lot better than its verse; it’s still not very good though and although it provides for pleasant enough background music it lacks the edge to ever be used as anything more than just background sound. It’s the sort of inoffensive music that could be played in a lift; elevator music if you will.
Jack McManus is quite talented and has a nice voice; this track is extremely lacklustre however and despite the fact that he’s obviously quite a talent, his talent is not here being best utilised. If Jack McManus can convince record company Universal Music that he’s worth sticking with for a second album then his second studio album could well be one to watch out for; whether or not McManus will last that long in the fickle business that is music however remains to be seen.
Unless you’re looking for a track to be played in the background whilst performing other activities then Jack McManus ‘You Think I Don’t Care’ single is definitely one to be ignored.
Label: Universal Music
Release Date: July 21st 2008
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.