Goose - Bring It On (Skint)
3/5
By: Keri Kennedy
New signings Goose, Belgian purveyors of electro punk, sees an attempt to revive the prime position in dance music Skint Records once held - made famous by the now passé Fatboy Slim and all things Big Beat, but also associated with folksters such as Lucky Jim or old hands Midfield General. 'Bring It On' immediately reeks of Soulwax's trademark electroclash sound (of whom Goose's guitarist apparently was a member for two years - Goose even played a live set this August in the Radio Soulwax hosted dance tent at the Carling Weekend festivals), so there's already a link.
Opener 'Black Gloves' has plenty of squelching synthetic bass and a mid-track breakdown that'll get the white gloved hands punching the air. The title track owns a demonic, repetitive wasp-in-your-eardrums beat, and 'Check' makes use of a filthy fuzz-guitar riff over those always evident drum machine beats.
Elsewhere, '34T' is glam rock, bass-heavy and the nearest thing to rock'n'roll you're gonna get here. Highlight 'British Mode' (again heavy on the bass), has a ground-shaking beat that will make it one of those crossover floor fillers to get the Nu-Rave kids going.
Goose haven't produced anything blindingly groundbreaking here - there are a few stinkers - especially 'Slow Down', which seems to be a bad attempt at an electro ballad only the likes of Depeche Mode can (just) get away with - and it can at times all feel a bit too Fischerspooner. It begs the question - why is 'new rave' OK, whereas electroclash isn't? However, the heavy as hell dance tracks do work, and whilst the vocals wont blow you away, if they can make beats like this, who cares? Everyone's too busy dancing.
Artists in this article: Goose
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