We may have waited five years for La Roux but now the new tracks are coming in thick and fast. Following in the demure, lovelorn, Let Me Down Gently, Elly Jackson has dropped Uptight Downtown, one for the dancefloor. The track kicks off with an instantly iconic guitar riff and a beat straight out of the '70s before adding brassy synths that '80s Bowie would be proud of. It's one that is likely to satisfy those who fell for Bulletproof and In For The Kill. While it doesn't explicitly look like a bid for the charts, it's almost impossible to see Uptight Downtown not repeating the same success as Bulletproof. And what a refreshing sound it would be to hear nestled in between some of the other fodder that radio is taking to presently. Do not click play on this if you're not ready to go uptown, downtown and turn the beat around town. This is a masterclass in pop music.
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