TRACK REVIEW: Anthony Pears feat. NATO Northeast – Let’s Dance

Let’s Dance sees the Geordie duo of Anthony Pears and NATO Northeast reunite again, this time for an energetic, hardcore homage to UK rave and house scenes. It’s a throwback to a classic era and style underpinned by a contemporary grimy bassline that gets the body moving and the head nodding. This definitely wouldn’t be out of place at the height of the rave generation first time around. The catchy vocals and synth stabs demonstrate producer Pears’ immersion in the music and period but avoid mirroring that era’s hits directly. It’s a deft production with subtle changes in character that ebb and flow as the beats bite and the melodies bounce along gleefully with an expedient joy.