by Neill Dougan
The debut album proper from autoKratz – aka London duo David Cox and Russell Crank – arrives on the back of 2008’s lauded Down & Out In Paris & London mini-album, and very much lives up to the buzz created by that release. Electro-house is pretty much the order of the day throughout, and it’s relentlessly bangin’ (to use the parlance), with the likes of recent single ‘Stay The Same’ and the frenetic ‘Gone Gone Gone’ proving particularly fearsome. In fact one could essentially pick any tune at random from the 11 on offer and you’d hit upon a dancefloor monster-in-waiting. That said, there’s a pop nous on show here too, Cox’s vocals providing the melodic hooks and occasionally recalling the blissed-out ennui of Bernard Sumner. Perhaps a bit more variety wouldn’t have gone amiss, but what do you expect, sensitive acoustic ballads? Not likely – Animal aims squarely at the dancefloor and it hits the mark.
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