Kelley Polar - I need you to hold on while the sky is falling

There's something just not right about someone who doesn't like disco. Really. Anyone with a soul listening to Kelley Polar's lush orchestrations should be closing their eyes, putting their hands in the air and leading with the hips. The entirely complementary comparisons to Polar's labelmates / owners Metro Area are obvious, as may those to Junior Boys. But their sound also smacks of a polished Sparks in their prime, or Final Fantasy force-fed a glitterball – all urgent strings lifted up high by planktonic basslines and crisp rhythms. The first single Entropy Reigns is a whipsmart piece of clipped nu-disco, while Rosenband has a harsher almost acidic feel. The record loses its way slightly in the second half, but this is a blip at worst. There's no excess to this music; everything's precisely placed for the most intoxicating effect. It's retro-futuristic, and in a very positive way, disco as a science, not an art. [Matt Gollock]