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- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Electro, Dance
- Label: Modular
As streamlined as the pecs of a podium dancer and just as suited to nightlife.
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We Say...
For their second album, Apocalypso, Presets duo Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes have taken a dive into the darker side of dancefloor pop. And from the first track, "Kicking and Screaming," they compel you to follow them, into a world of solid electro beats and sinister dry ice.
The twosome bonded over a love of film scores, and that’s apparent here, from the Mel-Gibson-poking title to the strong '80s sci-fi feel they’ve given to their synthesisers. In fact, '80s influences pepper the record; "If I Know You" is an illicit kiss shared by Marc Almond and the Pet Shop Boys; "Eucalyptus" sounds like "Being Boiled"-era Human League holidaying Down Under and there’s a hard, industrial streak of Nitzer Ebb running throughout.
Occasionally, subtlety may have been sacrificed in favour of obvious dancefloor mood-jerkers, but there’s not an ounce of spare fat or flabbiness here; Apocalypso is as streamlined as the pecs of a podium dancer and just as suited to nightlife.
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| 01. |  |
Kicking & Screaming |
5:45 |
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| 02. | |
My People |
4:30 |
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| 03. | |
A New Sky |
4:36 |
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| 04. | |
This Boy's In Love |
4:11 |
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| 05. | |
Yippiyo-ay |
4:34 |
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| 06. | |
Talk Like That |
3:44 |
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| 07. | |
Eucalyptus |
3:28 |
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| 08. | |
If I Know You |
4:28 |
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| 09. | |
Together |
5:52 |
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| 10. | |
Aeons |
3:28 |
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| 11. | |
Anywhere |
6:17 |
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11 Total Tracks, 50:53 Total Length
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