hercules & love affair

“blue songs”

UKLP | MOSHI MOSHI | MOSHILP38

 €26.89

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Hercules and Love Affair – the name itself combines images of strength and vulnerability, masculinity and femininity, as well as a classic disco troupe. Their music on their self-titled album debut followed suit. Strident beats but sweetness at the core. Music with a plan of attack but an identity as fluid as that of its creators. A gloriously burnished fusion of three decades of dance, from disco to house, acid to synth-pop, Derrick May to Giorgio Moroder (and let’s not forget Yazoo), but sounding like no other dance record before – or since. And now they’ve gone and done it again. The troupe’s second album Blue Songs represents the best that dance music can get – still bursting with freshness while in touch with its roots. As mainman Andy Butler says, “It’s a softer record in some ways, and at other moments a more aggressive record too.” The album also reveals more about his world and his songwriting, resulting in a more honest, and yet more universal, record.

Tags: Italo-Disko | Release: Jan 12th 2011