There comes a moment in every band’s career where they focus in on what they want to achieve. Ambition can sometimes be seen as a dirty word, one that goes above simply the music with a desire for something more. This ain’t no dirty word reader, it’s a glorious statement of intent for bands filled with a confidence to go to the very top. It’s a confidence and hunger that rings throughout ‘
Under My Influence’,
The Aces’ second record that’s filled with the sort of tracks and laser-focused vision that sets The Aces apart as a pop force bound to take over.
‘Under My Influence’ is packed with the sort of razor-sharp pop that doesn’t pause for you to think twice. The fizzing Nile Rodgers-esque cuts of ‘
New Emotion’ and ‘
Zillionaire’ are disco party-starters of the highest order. ‘
Daydream’ and ‘
Lost Angeles’ are the sort of anthems that you simply won’t be able to escape for the rest of the year, while ‘
Can You Do’ struts with a Moves Like Jagger ease that knocks out the competition around them. Throughout, every track and moment is impeccably melded together, indie-pop on the grandest scale. The one-two of ‘801’ and ‘
I Can Break Your Heart Too’ are smooth 00s pop in their own right, from a record that flits with ease between eras whilst feeling undeniably of the now.
