Alphabeat: The Beat Is … | CD review

(Polydor)Alphabeat's debut album was an unexpected joy: cheesy and slightly naff, but performed with such vigour and joy that it was irresistible – it cheerled for 80s pop without ever getting arch or stylised. Its follow-up tries to repeat the trick, but takes as its model the early 90s, when the singles charts were full of house-pop acts having a hit or two each before disappearing back whence they came. The glee that infused that first album has been swamped by endless staccato synth o...

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