I’m not a dancer. I don’t really do disco. Pretty much ever. Honest. Except maybe the odd Gloria Gaynor after a half bottle of Beefeater…
Though I wasn’t concerned when all of those dancey/remixed-to-the-point-when-the-originial-was-only-identifiable-by-the-lyrics trend came about, covers of 80’s gems for new kids to sweat, sing and flaunt their tube sox and short-shorts to. I wasn’t concerned because I just didn’t go to what became like 90% of the venues in Melbourne whose DJs run through them like if they weren’t quick enough they’ll fall back through time.
Where am I going with this? The Eighties are back…again. This time it seems more genuine though. I say this because I was listening to some newly acquired tunes and when a soon to be named band came on I was concerned I must have accidentally selected the soundtrack to St. Elmo’s Fire.
Generally pleasing and somewhat enjoyable group We Are Scientists have tested their charms to get out a second album “Brain Thrust Mastery”. After getting passed randomly selected “Lethal Enforcer” the suspicion is confirmed…’80’s synths and pop-heavy production is in. argh! Scraping back again to add their familiar melodic guitars and vocal hooks in lead single “After Hours” then the harmonious ‘Altered Beasts’ and “Ghouls” might all get you on board. If this fails, ‘Impatience’ and ‘Chick Lit’ are shiny enough to be expected on a Britney spears comeback attempt rather then here. Each to their own I guess.
The whole thing is quite the oddity, but if you make it through, which I suspect many of you wont, maybe the best I can say is the Brooklyn lot have taken some of the better parts of an era where nostalgia in music makes it to the youngest of us (because we’ve all seen the 17 year old in the shop singing along to Devo’s Whip It and talking about that crazy night when her and her fellow teeny-boppers wore leg-warmers and wedge heels to a dance OMG!)
