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review by Mike Bond

ZWAITEC - MICO ELECTRIC

"As a statement of intent, MICO ELECTRIC is a throbbingly insistent slice of electro pop goodness"

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Mico Electric / We Need Hairspray
WHITE LABEL

Zwaitec are a UK based band who imagine The Psychedelic Furs colliding head first with Royksopp, an explosion of eighties electro pop energy and dancefloor slaying potential.
What we have here with MICO ELECTRIC are big anthemic choruses, sparkling synth riffs and 808 drum beats; held together by vocalist Thomas Jeatt, echoes of The Psychedelic Furs Richard Butler, all faux wasted Americanisms and stadium filling energy.  Elsewhere here, WE NEED HAIRSPRAY is another elegant electro pop song, Zwaitec wearing their 80's influences on their sleeves; all shiny synth riffs and robotic beats.
As a statement of intent, MICO ELECTRIC is a throbbingly insistent slice of electro pop goodness, a single that, if there's any justice will act as a calling card custom built to announce Zwaitec as a band ready to explode.

BIOGRAPHY
zwaitec were formed from the still warm ashes of several other bands, and through a love of computer games, multi coloured synthesizers and sheer force of will became something stronger, taller and with more eyes than ever before.

LINE UP
Kyle Palmer
Thomas Jeatt
Matt Ford
David Galway

DISCOGRAPHY
MICO ELECTRIC (White Label>2007)
Mico Electric
We Need Hairspray

LINKS

FURTHER LISTENING
The Psychedelic Furs
Royskopp
New Order

 

Review date: July 2007