FROM its opening with the intense, driving synth of a classic John Carpenter movie score, Part Time Spies is a nostalgic collection with nods to the Eighties.
The Bristol five-piece are named after a character in Scott Pilgrim vs The World, an under-appreciated movie which mixes state-of-the-art technology with fondness for Eighties' music and games, and it's a perfect fit for a timely album.
Moving on from first track, Dirty World, Skies Turn Gold keeps the 8-bit keyboard bassline and introduces vocals more in line with modern acts such as Bastille, and guitars very similar to vintage Daft Punk.
Start To Rust is a sort of ballad beautifully lamenting the death of a relationship, while Part Time Spies opens with keyboards Goldfrapp would be proud of and Run Like Lola - another nod to indie cinema - is a foot-tapping ode to a free spirit which sounds, in a good way, like latter-day Hoosiers.
In all then, The Ramona Flowers rely on their magpie-like skills to take themes, inspiration and tributes to film and music to create a warm, exciting album which, although not the most excitingly original collection you'll hear this year, is exciting nonetheless.
The Ramona Flowers play Leeds Stylus, Leeds University, on November 30.
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