Crystal Fighters: Star of Love - review

(Zirkulo)This Anglo-Spanish five-piece are doing good business – big crowds, Skins soundtracks, erm, Matalan adverts – with their post-Balearic rave-up sound, prompting this deluxe reissue of their debut album. One the one hand it's easy to see why: banging summer-season beats plus heavily accented love-island vocals and sunny acoustic guitars (their supposed Basque folk influence, dare we say it, might not satisfy purists of the form) could really help that foam party go with a swing. ...

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