The least attractive thing about the young British trio Shopping to me is their name. I look to popular entertainment for an escape from the mundane, not a reminder of its ubiquity. Everything else about them though is a delight, and most specifically their new album release The Official Body. It's their third since 2013 and it's a fizzy Post Punk treat. Very much following down the road that was initially paved by Delta 5, ESG, Au Pairs and Pylon in the early Eighties, they make something which has roots which are almost middle aged sparkly and new.
The Official Body is produced by Edwyn Collins, verily a Godfather of all this kind of stuff and he does a sterling job. Voices and instruments are neatly defined and delineated in the mix with the call and response between front pairing Rachel Aggs and Billy Easter a constant joy. Ten tracks in all, all of them drawing from the same source and dancing forward in that strangely Post Punky onstage hopping style towards spring.
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