Alphabeat

Alphabeat produce a "danceable, euphoric album"

Alphabeat deserves more success than it’s had. Now on their second album, The Beat Is..., Alphabeat have reinvented themselves, trading in their tambourines for techno floorfillers, and shifting their focus to the 90s dance scene.

Whilst fans looking for another ‘Fascination’ may be disappointed, the daring transition works. The Beat Is... is a danceable, euphoric album, peppered with jumpy keyboard riffs and Stein’s characteristically stellar vocals. ‘The Spell’ takes its melody from a Cut ‘N’ Move classic, whilst ‘Heat Wave’ sounds something like a distant cousin of David Guetta’s ‘When Love Takes Over’. And then there’s ‘DJ’, quite possibly Alphabeat’s biggest tune to date.

The album dips a little on ‘Chess’ and ‘Q & A’, the only slow numbers, but even these aren’t bad and, if anything, provide some much needed time to breathe from all that dancing. Alphabeat have taken a risk with The Beat Is..., and it’s paid off. For that, this album deserves to be massive.

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