Anchored to 70s disco reimagined for the modern day, SG Lewis’ times nods to clubs of the past, as well as the present as we reminisce of kindred sprits across packed club floors.
Whilst this LP doesn’t break any new grounds or shatter any glass ceilings, it does bring is a beautiful blend of house, electro-pop and funk, culminating to astoundingly enjoyable heights and sparkly moments that would make even the biggest metal-music-elitist bright-eyed and giddy.
Times is a pristine album of frictionless bangers, but these songs are so controlled that they never come close to catharsis. Lewis is clearly an expert student, absorbing and refracting the history of dance and disco with the ache of the present moment. Imagine what he could do if he aimed for the future.
times spends too much time sounding like an imitation.
There are probably only two ways you should hear ‘times’: through a massive sound system, or in the lobby of a Shoreditch hotel.