Single Review: Tender Trap – Dansette, Dansette
There’s an awful lot of bands dabbling in sixties music at the moment, some of them playing raw energetic garage pop and some of them going for the slightly more polished, pop sounds of the sixties girl groups. Tender Trap are very much in the latter category. Something of an indie pop supergroup, they were formed by Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, previously members of C86 legends Tallulah Gosh and, up until recently, included Elizabeth Morris lead singer of current indie pop darlings Allo Darlin’.
‘Dansette, Dansette’, named after a brand of record player that was a household name in fifties and sixties, is a catchy slice of 60s pop. Featuring Spektor style drumming and gorgeous backing vocals, including plenty of ooh-oohs and ba-ba-ba-bas provided by Morris and drummer Katrina, ‘Dansette, Dansette’ very much wears it’s sixties girl group influences on its sleeve. Sandie Shaw, Lesley Gore all get a name check, and while Amelia may be taking the piss a bit, it’s done in a cheeky, knowing way that leaves the listener in no doubt that this is a genuine homage to sixties girl groups. Groovy baby! 4/5
Mark Cousens
Out now on Fortuna Pop
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