Another Alter Ego, this time from our long term favourite Dave Cope. Just as with Elvis Eno, this is another artist known in a different genre. Makes a change when the fake band are actually a real life artist instead of all this AI nonsense that seeps everywhere.
Sector Frontier mine the territory from UK New Wave to Post Punk. Very 1978 - 1981 before dressing up seemed more important than the music and all the money was spent on videos. The results are brilliant, Cope has always been a man with a thousand ideas and this may be his best ever.
The first three songs go down very different directions. Love Goes Out The Window is prime time New Wave with its nod towards the poptastic 60s and 70s as the original time was. Tears! is all 1980s Sparks and Why Can't We Get It Together? gets very close to a popped up UB40 with its Reggae bassline and slashing riff.
The variety is endless. You experience 80s New Wave, AOR and celebratory Chic Disco Funk. Goth, Angular Indie and Synth Pop, Star Quality could be Pete Wylie after a night at Erics. I Do My Best On The Dance Floor could be played at Blitz and be subject to dozens of remixes.
Sector Frontier are described as the forgotten vanguard of Post Punk Britain and this album is just that. Also hidden towards the end is the magnificent Hanging The Hangman, part Synth Rock, part 60s Psych Pop, part singalong Pop, it is a crackerjack of song.
This may not be a real band, but the material is from an artist who has gathered a growing audience with Pop Rock, Folk and Classic Rock. This is very much a diversion, maybe a one off, but I hope not because the whole 11 songs are a cracking listen. Inventive yet Retro.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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