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Boxed In 'Melt' (Nettwerk Records)
After featuring on one of 2015’s biggest club hits, George Fitzgerald’s ‘Full Circle’, singer-producer Oli Bayston’s dance-pop project Boxed In is back less than a year after their well-received debut. The London four-piece impress most with upbeat, club-leaning efforts like the rumbling, progressive undercurrent of ‘Up To You/Down To Me’, while the swelling electronica of ‘Jist’ fuses a catchy bassline with infectious, repetitive lyrics. The album’s percussive moments are perfect for sunny festival slots. Elsewhere, ‘London Lights’ is comparatively relaxed, though its slow-burning synth-line stretches into club territory, and the expansive sonic landscape throughout ‘Black Prism’ could be a James Blake cut.
7/10
