Confidence Man – TILT
Everyone’s favourite party band Confidence Man are bringing us back to the 90s with TILT, a snappy, good-time album with plenty of charm and wit
The Oz group’s second record, TILT, is a euphoric album that audaciously borrows from early 90s dance anthems (think Dreamer by Livin’ Joy or Gala's Freed from Desire). It is great fun; the production expertly reproduces the sounds of a particularly interesting time for electronic music without taking itself too seriously. On Luvin U is Easy, a nostalgic familiarity is created through the dirty bassline, tinny hi-hat trills, rhythmic piano riffs and nonsensical pop clichés: ‘Don’t wait for me in heaven / Too beautiful for that / Everyday feels so, feels so real’.
Throughout the album, lyrics imitate pop phraseology with the group’s classic wink and grin: ‘With a face like that you don’t need to work hard / With an ass like that you don’t need to work’, Janet Planet expertly delivers on Toy Boy via her half pop-princess, half Kardashian-Valley girl persona. Granted, Planet’s voice is a bit thin at times, and TILT is definitely missing the cool, camp interjections of Sugar Bones that were more prominent on their debut. Still, Conman has delivered yet another non-stop album that is guaranteed to raise the bar of your next party.
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