The Modern – ‘Industry’ (Mercury) Released 20/02/06

Perhaps electroclash is pop music’s equivalent of communism: a great idea in theory that never really caught on.  The Modern may well be the genre’s Fidel Castro though.  A great example of how such things are done properly, their Human League male/female vocal interplay is tailor made for school disco dance routines.  With sheeny synths and retro handclaps, ‘Industry’ is a ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ for the fashionista crowd.  But The Modern won’t mind that description.  They’re unashamedly glossy pop, and all the better for it.