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Euro deluxe dance party
Songs I Wish I Had Written
Songs I Wish is one of the best new labels in Sweden right now. Their forté tends to be poppy electronic music, indebted to the 1980s. "Euro deluxe dance party" is the first full-length album released on the label and you may well already be familiar with the hit "Your brother is my only hope", which may also be the greatest pop song released in the last year. Upon first listening to the record, it came across as being too kitsch for my liking with its Italiiano-style house pianos and multi-coloured artwork (heck, they even list DJ Bobo as an influence). However, after putting up with it, I realised that there is very little irony here. It's all the better for it, as "Euro deluxe dance party" is the perfect blend of Pet Shop Boys and New Order. Notable highlights on this are the instrumental wigout "Love train" and the plinky plonky piano-led "Every lovesong" which occasionally veers into mid-eighties Italian style house music. You need this record in your life.
- Nick Levine