February 25, 2021
Releasing a club album in the middle of a global pandemic can go one of two ways. It can feel like the record is tapping into something resilient and joyful, like the perfect disco of Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, which had us all shimmying around our kitchen months into lockdown, or it can feel devoid of context, like something integral is missing, like Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, which despite being a very solid record, felt specifically calibrated for dancefloors and pride parades, and didn...