![]() Confidence Man’s vocalists don’t seem particularly concerned with baring their souls lyrically, settling into a comfortably superficial tone early on and largely sticking to it. Sugar Bones’ character is less fully-formed, often playing backup vocalist to Janet, but takes an eccentric spotlight on a handful of tracks including ‘Don’t You Know I’m In A Band’ and ‘Catch My Breath’. On vocal duty are Janet and Sugar, the former of whom typically occupies a droll, pseudo-dominatrix persona, sometimes singing, sometimes chanting, sometimes just talking as she dismisses her unfortunate beau on ‘Boyfriend’ or issues commands on ‘Better Sit Down Boy’. Having signed to Heavenly Records on the strength of their compellingly cruel single ‘Boyfriend (Repeat)’, the Australian indie-rockers-turned-dance-pop-outfit offer a debut that both refuses to take itself seriously and – appropriately – oozes confidence.Ĭonfident Music for Confident People is buoyant and unreserved, dabbling in house, big beat, trip hop and nu-funk across its 11 tracks. Producers can aspire to turn this undertaking into something ambitious and cerebral, or they can resign themselves to the silliness and make something straightforward and fun Janet Planet, Sugar Bones, Reggie Goodchild and Clarence McGuffie (pseudonyms, naturally), AKA Confidence Man, are firmly in the latter camp. Dance music is a strange thing: it demands more from the listener than simply an attentive ear… the goal, of course, is to make people move. ![]()
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