Fortune – Highway EP

If, like the real world, music has its localized commodities, then what you expect from a French export is effortless cool and – in the past decade at least – shimmering electro-pop. And while national profiling is never the wisest practice, Fortune only reinforce the standard view of our cross-Channel neighbours: primitive Synthpop, club remixes, half-sung, primary school English lyrics. Fans of Sebastian Tellier or Phoenix will find nothing new in the title track, but that’s not to say that it isn’t a well-constructed pop song. Like their Gallic brethren, Fortune know how to sprinkle a bit of the old disco magic dust when the dancefloor calls for it. [Nick Mitchell]