Being of a certain age, it can a battle not to succumb to easy cynicism. With music (perhaps now more than ever) constantly re-hashing old ideas there can be a tendency to be very suspicious of anything new and to take refuge in the safety of readily affirmed past classics.

Of course rust never sleeps, and every so often a track comes along that sneaks past my retro snobbery and takes me over. And despite the fact that it’s usually my partner in crime who gets all ‘one track on repeat’, this time it’s me who can’t seem to make it through the day without four or five plays of this track.

The band is Her Bad Habit on the wonderfully heavy citinite. (More deets here.) Sounding for all the world like an outake from 1999, it’s that got that sleazy prince vibe that so many people try to emulate and almost no-one comes close to -YOU NEED IT IN YOUR LIFE.

You can buy it from the following outlets.

On Mp3;

Bleep

On vinyl;

UK: Warpmart, Juno, Phonica.
The Netherlands: Rush Hour, Clone.
France: Vinyl France.
Belgium: Flexx.
Germany: Word & Sound.

Track of the year so far for me no question.