Alphabeat, Goldfrapp and La Roux take note – approach your chosen era to revive with caution | Tom Ewing

They said a 90s revival could never happen – but it seems we're on the cusp of one already. Use your nostalgia toolbox wisely, peopleThe second album by the Danish pop act Alphabeat has been and largely gone, to reviews ranging from lukewarm to savage. I enjoyed it, partly because of its brazen revivalist intentions. It summoned a throng of 1990s pop ghosts, from Ace of Base to Corona, and running through it were the huge, sad keyboard sounds of 90s trance records – great glass spe...

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