Love your posts. Curious on your opinion of "Relapse" as a song and a single.
This was what I said about "Relapse" in the previous poll thread, and is pretty much still my view:
Relapse - the musical style is not really my taste, and I've struggled to find it living up to my perceptions of the album as a whole. That, though is a personal view. The song is co-written by Song Suffragette, Sara Haze, and it strikes me as showing several of the qualities that I've seen on their often excellent weekly showcases of new female talent - witty writing, emotional themes and a sonic feel that is friendly to the wider General Music scene. Radio, so far, has not been overly keen to embrace the trend - but if anyone could reverse that, Carrie's the clear contender. I certainly wouldn't rule it out as a single - and if so, I think it would be good for the format.
Since then, I also posted (in the Carrie Chat thread) a video I found of Sara Haze talking about Carrie picking the song, and then singing her own version of it. In general terms, I do prefer Carrie's "edgier" songs, and am also a supporter of Carrie's move into more personally involved material (both of which are features of "Storyteller"). I don't feel this song fits easily into either of those categories, but as a single it could appeal to a wide range of tastes, and, as I said, I do think the radio format needs more songs like this.
