Thursday, January 04, 2007
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Anoraksia Nouveau, sir?

Yesterday I bought Sally Shapiro's album, Disco Romance. Really rather wonderful, the Swedish 'disco princess' combines a classic 80s-style electronic backing (think Modern Talking meets Inner City) with the sort of winsome, lovelorn pop beloved of post-C86 low budget indie groups such as Tallulah Gosh, Shop Assistants and the complete roster of Bristol's Sarah Records. She even has a song called Anorak Christmas, ffs! Canada's fabulous Russian Futurists mined similar territory on his recent album Me, Myself and Rye (although with added Breakbeats and a hint of Elton John's 1970s take on '50s Americana, particularly on my favourite track, Let's Get Ready to Crumble). Two's company, but is it a movement? Your thoughts on the back of a Field Mice t-shirt.

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