Jupiter-‘Juicy Lucy’ (Grand Blanc)

Jupiter are an Anglo-French duo Amélie and Quarles, who are based in Paris but met in London. According to legend (well, the press release 😉 ) they met on a dance-floor which emptied when the DJ played Junior’s ‘Mama Used To Say.’

Well, the hipsters might not have liked it (but they’re superficial idiots and the world ‘s better off without them, right), but it brought our two heroes together. Their first single, ‘Starlighter’ closes this collection, but it’s their recent single ‘One Oh Six’ which opens it, and really sets the tone.

In the late 1990s, Air and Daft Punk radically changed the way that French pop music was perceived in the UK. This may follow in that vein, but there’s a link back to 70s classic disco (think Chic, Sister Sledge et al). It’s minus the cheese and too-knowing irony, and instead what we have is an album that’s perfect for summer days and those hot summer nights.

Wella, wella, wella HOO! Tell me more. Released in the same week as the debut album from POP ETC.. (see review below) the two albums are spiritual and aesthetic cousins. Nearly forty years since George McRae’s ‘Rock Your Baby’ appeared, Disco is still with us and still evolving. The jocks may wish to destroy it, the hipsters may want to know if they’re allowed to like it -but if you want to hear something great, tilt your ears this way.

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Juicy Lucy is released on Grand Blanc on June 11.