Recently confirmed as replacements for Kylie at Glastonbury,
Basement Jaxx release the other ‘new' track from the recent singles
compilation.
In all honesty it feels like the ‘other' track, too - a perfectly good
song, mind, but not scaling the heights of a Red Alert or Good Luck, whose
vocalist Lisa Kekaula appears here. If all the distortion and club friendly
beats were stripped away, the remaining song would bear a remarkable
harmonic resemblance to Stuck In The Middle With You - proof that the Jaxx
duo can twist harmonies into their own style.
Special praise should go to a good Solid Groove remix, and the artwork
of Patrick Duffy, who captures the Jaxx combination of aural graffiti and
firecrackers perfectly. This may not be their best moment, but don't let
that put you off their Glastonbury performance - a slot not to be
missed.
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