So you might thank heavens for The Modern, a finely cut collective of South London sophistication, single-handedly attempting to recuperate the nostalgia feeding New Romantic movement that had schools girls fighting in the playground in the early 80s over who was better, Spandau Ballet or Duran Duran.
Their unashamed pop sensibilities are the perfect excuse for unashamed dancing, and a few of the famously stiff Social crowd do risk some hip-swinging with abandon. Theyre at pains to stay looking cool, but you can tell that behind the narrow non-prescription glasses resting on their noses that theyre desperate to bring out the robot dance.
Sadly though, this New Romantic revival looks unlikely to take off, as despite good intentions, the bands performance is stiff, free of innovation and surmounts to little more than what you might imagine a bad bedroom bootlegger to come up with after trying to remix Blondie with Human League. Blonde lead singer Emma Cooke looks the part, but their performance isnt as confident as their game plan needs them to be.
Theres something about them that makes you so dearly wish theyd put in more effort, as their image suggests so much but remains superficial and gives way to little substance. The world needs more electropop, poor old Alison Goldfrapp cant go on forever on her own, so its a real shame that tonight The Modern fail to pull it off.
FUTURE GIGS
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