Now that I come to think of it, there might even have been a time when all that I listened to was borne of the dancefloor and destined for the dancefloor even if I was never ever going to dominate a dancefloor. My dancing shoes have, of course, long since been consigned to the charity shop yet QUAD90’s debut album made me want to strut my stuff in the strobe lights once more.
Some might say that this album – the debut from the QUAD90 crew of Amelia Lironi and Naomi Mackay – is an exercise in revisiting all the kind of music that was cool when it was actually cool to go clubbing - and there is undoubtedly much here that will please the ears of the trendsetters and vinyl bin divers - yet those who are in search of the joy that used to be found in music are the most likely recipients of pleasure from these twelve songs that draw from funk, the edgy guitar driven sound of Glasgow in the eighties and even early electro. I would also suppose that there might even be something knowingly ironic in having twelve songs on this album when all music for the dancefloor back in the day came on a twelve inch single.
However, despite determinedly keeping the beat and the harmonies running like a train heading for destination dawn, QUAD90 are not as flighty as they superficially appear to be with enough lyrical meat being found on this band’s bones to make this album strong enough to survive extended exposure to daylight. Retro might well be the new musical today but QUAD90 are a reminder that the future is so bright that I might need to put tinfoil on my windows.
Best song: “Too Much Too Soon”
Verdict: It’s never too soon for more.