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The Count & Sinden feat Mystery Jets – After Dark (Domino)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 10 August 2010
‘After Dark’ is, as all great pop songs are, about boys, girls, dancing, tortured hearts and after hours. The track is a collaboration between indie purveyors of oddness, Mystery Jets, and UK club duo The Count (aka Hervé) & Sinden. The pair of bongo-hedonists’ sorcery has worked wonders: the alluring vocals of William Rees of Mystery Jets are set against an Afrobeat backdrop that transforms the subject of late night telephone calls into something truly magical.
William claims: “Whether you love it or hate it, this beat will be tearing the cubicle out of the loo before you’ve managed to get your trousers down. BE AFRAID!” We’re not sure about that (it sounds illegal, no?) but behind these lavatorial musings he may well have a point. There’s no fighting the loopily catchy beats of this track: its vibrant, twinkling, tempo-shifting glory is a serotonin shot to the jugular.
The summer is well and truly here – and you could do a helluva lot worse than making this your soundtrack to it. EG
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