You suspect the title for In Flagranti’s second full length player is not necessarily being ironic. Those familiar with them will know their brand of untrimmed dancefloor craziness runs breathlessly between electro, disco, house, punk and various parts inbetween, sometimes feeling as if it’s driven by design rather than the pursuit of the perfect beat, packaged as it is in reconfigured trashy porn chic. Sadly this design ethic does result in a few misses amongst the many hits, and this package doesn’t really find it’s stride until two or three tracks in, the openers feeling like cut and paste ideas that pad things out. That said, when it hits, it lets you know – check out the slightly bonkers “Black & Grey Stripped Trousers” – complete with what sounds like a stream-of-consciousness vocal from Gabouchka. It’s fantastic, pure dancefloor stopping madness. That, coupled with the sleazy grind-low disco of tracks like “It Was Like Nothing Before or Since” and “I Hadn’t Screwd Around Before”, some parts Throbbing Gristle, some parts Roxy Music rehashed by Giorgio Moroder, make it all worthwhile. Overall, the balance works well, the instrumental mutant disco taking the lead over the electro-punk vocals, and, true to the In Flagranti fashion, it definitely leaves you feeling slightly dirty yet wanting more.
4 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Darren Wall
