Overpowered
Idiosyncratic Irish singer Róisín Murphy explores the alluringly synthetic sides of late-\'70s/early-\'80s disco-pop on *Overpowered*, giving the album a turbocharged pulse and candy-coated sheen. \"Let Me Know\" glitters brighter than a roller-rink disco ball in the heart of NYC, while \"Dear Miami\" plays with a sleazy Italo groove, and \"Movie Star\" is an Olivia Newton-John-meets-electro tour de force that\'s got Moroder written all over it. This record is 100% pure pleasure—a high kick of drama, art, and artifice for the dance floor.
The second solo album from ex-Moloko frontwoman Roísín Murphy is a superb collection of 21st century disco that will sadly, inexplicably struggle in the pop marketplace.
When I first heard “Overpowered” shimmying out of my speakers every preconceived notion I had about dance and disco music melted away. With every squelchy electronic bass beat my hardened heart sloughed off, revealing a glittering disco ball pumping…
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<p>No one makes music quite like Roisin Murphy. It's time, thinks Garry Mulholland, that she was granted more acclaim</p>