The Hundred In The Hands – The Hundred In The Hands

Fostering one of the most vibrant music scenes on the planet today, Brooklyn, NYC unearths another gem in The Hundred In The Hands aka Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman. This eponymous debut record, delivers a cannon of adventurously crafted pop songs which flirt with post-punk and disco as much as they teeter on the edge of electro and dance. Young Aren’t Young and Lovesick (Once Again) set a phenomenal standard, both are playful but in an exceptionally considered manner, with Eleanore’s vocals floating perfectly over avant-pop bliss-outs.

Unfortunately the duo fail to scale such heights again over the duration of the record, with many of the songs flat-lining. That’s not to say there aren’t moments of brilliance, Killing It is delightful in its minimalist conversational tone, and had Pigeons been recorded by Kylie then it would be a shoo-in for chart success as it is unashamedly pop with a capital ‘P’. Not wholly satisfying then but enough inventive fun to merit close attention. [Alan Souter]