Lexytron: Something New (digital outlets)

This new album by a British expat now resident here doesn't exactly live up to the title because the contents riff off some established genres: Elevator is a buzzy slice of New Wave pop (“the missing song from every 80s John Hughes movie” she says); Disco Jenny looks back to the dancefloor when Dexys were going off; My Backstage Life seems to have something Irish about; Stone Cold is a melodramatic synth ballad which doesn't quite take off . . .

There seems to be an over-reliance on the synthesizer to provide most of the aural texture and that pushes the responsibility onto the vocals which sometimes don't have the power or come with some awkward phrasing (Your Love with “your lo-uh-uh-uh-ve”).

Some of this isn't without interest (the surge of Another Lover, the dramatic Is It Because? where rock and Kate Bush mix it up) but over the 11 diverse songs this only intermittently commands complete attention.

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You can hear this album at Spotify here