Aiming to capture a full-on mainstream club and disco feel, the British producer’s new LP mixes light funk and soul flavours that very much borrow from the Daft Punk and Chic cookbook. This is particularly evident on the three key bangers - Chemicals, Feed The Fire (featuring Lucky Daye) and Back To Earth. Outside of these, the album is a slightly mixed bag, where you feel Lewis is less certain of his territory, particularly the power ballad-style final slow smooch track, Fall, when things do indeed fall flat. Nevertheless, he has no less than Nile Rodgers chopping his famous guitar on the song One More, a bittersweet number about fleeting dancefloor romance, and on Impact, Robyn and Channel Tres join him on this hip hop/70s disco hybrid that is a grower, as is the ravey All We Have, featuring guest vocalist Lastlings and opener Time with guest Rhye. Don’t wast this time, indeed, and it’s best to make the best of it at the the moment, but there’s something ironic about releasing such a club context disco record during the very time there’s not a single one open anywhere, but you can’t help but hope for those disco days to return again. Sugary, sharply produced, retro and sweaty. Out on PMR/EMI.
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