Crikey, this apparently debuted at number one in Oz. Not bad.
Anyway, I think it's great. First album was pretty patchy, but find this one a real rush.
Some of the goodness of it reminds me of what I thought I should like about bands like Phoenix - MOR vibes modernised to take into account dance music - and it's probably in many ways a very nostalgic thing, but it slyly dodges pastiche by synthesising distinctive sounding songs out of all the throwback components.
Hope it's not getting dismissed as nu rave or anything...
Anyway, I think it's great. First album was pretty patchy, but find this one a real rush.
Some of the goodness of it reminds me of what I thought I should like about bands like Phoenix - MOR vibes modernised to take into account dance music - and it's probably in many ways a very nostalgic thing, but it slyly dodges pastiche by synthesising distinctive sounding songs out of all the throwback components.
Hope it's not getting dismissed as nu rave or anything...