Albums
March: 18 albums you need to hear this month
This month's listening sorted
Formation 'Look At The Powerful People' (MENO/Warners)
Fifteen years after The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem unified the electronic and alternative music scenes, Formation (aka London twins Will and Matt Ritson) are underpinning their urgent, politically motivated tunes with house sensibilities. For that, a debt is owed to Leon Vynehall who, having made some of the most intriguing house music of recent times, adds to his burgeoning rep as a producer here. The gritty nature of Vynehall’s own productions fits snugly with Formation’s own lo-fi aesthetic. ‘Drugs’ is a lithe lope across angry, percussive bass while ‘Back Then’ stomps through a riot of Hammond organ and discordant sax. And before you ask, yes, there are cowbells. Stephen Worthy
7/10
