Caravan Palace-Gangbusters Melody (PETROL VINYL)

a joyous jigsaw puzzle of an album, the fifth from the pioneering parisians and their most dancefloor-friendly to date. the aim with this album was to stay streamlined, yet the trio pack more influences than ever before into their elegant earworm songs. the jazz and swing for which they became famous over a decade ago is back with a bang, alongside their love of house, electronica and big beat. the result is that the fantastically titled 'gangbusters melody club' sounds like an absolute blast. from the frisky, deee-lite disco of mirrors to the rock’n’roll raccoons, from the screaming brass-soaked 81 special to the woozy avalanches, it finds caravan palace twisting their trademarks into new shapes.