Top of the BBC’s ‘Sound of 2009’ poll, and with debut album (Hands) due in early June, Little Boots looks set to conquer the UK musical world this summer, and January’s Little Boots E.P. does little to dispel such a motion. Blessed with melodic vocals, synth-dance rhythms, and an ear brilliantly attuned to the most ensnaring of pop hooks, she may not break any particular musical ground, but Little Boots certainly knows how to write a good pop song; opening track ‘Mathematics’ could easily have been the best Britney Spears song since pre-head shaving mentalness.Sure, there’s something of The Ting Tings (the band we all loved 12 months ago for saving pop music, if you’re ahead of the curve and have already forgotten) about her, and the nagging suggestion that we’ve heard it all before just won’t quite go away. But if Little Boots can provide a full album that sounds this catchy, then who’s complaining?
C.S.
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