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Alphabeat: 'Fantastic Six'
Released on Monday, Nov 12 2007
Published Thursday, Nov 15 2007, 19:41 GMT | By Nick Levine | 4 comments
At last! It's about time someone realised that the B-52's were (are?) a thrillingly innovative, idiosyncratic musical force, and Alphabeat have made the most of their eureka moment. 'Fantastic Six', their debut UK single, suggests the Danish sextet might have perfected the same grab-bag approach towards pop songwriting as their beehive-sporting heroes. Either way, it's time to slip into your dancing shoes.
The array of pop culture references that 'Fantastic Six' crams into its three-and-a-half minutes is simply dazzling – 'Drive My Car', Wham!, 'Uptown Girl', Major Tom and Sesame Street are in all there, among many others – but the myriad influences are twisted into such unexpected shapes, lurching off in such strange directions, that the final product sounds effortlessly original. On the one hand it's a bit like High School Musical as imagined by the Hoxton crowd; on the other, it might just be the ballsiest pop song since 'Biology'.
The array of pop culture references that 'Fantastic Six' crams into its three-and-a-half minutes is simply dazzling – 'Drive My Car', Wham!, 'Uptown Girl', Major Tom and Sesame Street are in all there, among many others – but the myriad influences are twisted into such unexpected shapes, lurching off in such strange directions, that the final product sounds effortlessly original. On the one hand it's a bit like High School Musical as imagined by the Hoxton crowd; on the other, it might just be the ballsiest pop song since 'Biology'.
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Alphabeat is awesome! I ordered the CD after seeing them on the Graham Norton Show about 2 minutes after they completed singing. I even order a copy for my nephew. The one thing that sucks is when I wake up in the morning is that their songs are still in my head. WARNING: This is Alphabeat is truly addicting. Cheers!
SO GOOD....this is THE new band. Woooooow.
I love Alphabeat there amazing, Have there Albums really good :D. Going to see them soon in September excited wow. :D
I love alphabeat, I saw stine on never mind the buzzcocks. So I looked them up and fell in love with them. I have been listening to their songs for a about a week straight and I always have their songs stuck in my head but oh well they are brilliant!!!!