Oh Brighton by the sea. Who would’ve expected it to be shaking out so many diverse musical acts: The Kooks, British Sea Power, Brakes, and now the most recent outfit, electro-poppers, Kovak. 
Take one part each electro, disco, pop and indie, throw them into a blender, hit ‘liquify’ and out comes Kovak. The group has a very specific grittiness that underlies their smashing, heavy hitting guitar riffs and electronic synthesizers. Lead singer Abby Harmony‘s vocals are a centered, flavorful punch to the sound. Her voice is lusty, with gusts of soft breathing, and sensuous. Think of an edgier Alison Goldfrapp. And Harmony has the looks, style and attitude to go with that voice.
More than anything the music generates wild, dancing sounds of electro-rock that’ll have you in fits, while the strobe lights in the club make it all seem like a perfectly mashed, intoxicating seizure. It has all the right beats, synths and moves. However, all of this lacks the important mix of originality. The sounds are a copy pasting from these different genres that have been done better, with more intricacy, rather than the surface layering that Kovak shells out.
The lyrics are a little shallow. On the upcoming single, “I Love The Dancefloor”, which can best be described as Alison Goldfrapp singing a Franz Ferdinand song, Harmony salaciously sings “I love the dancefloor / I love the people on it / They don’t talk to me / But they move me.” I guess, perhaps, that is apropos when you actually are on the dance floor, yet it sounds a little too simple-minded. Ignore the lyrics and this new single still delivers a sleek track that’ll have the scenesters shifting feverishly on lit up disco floors.
Kovak’s I Love the Dancefloor 7 inch was made available October 20th.
Tracklisting:
01. I Love The Dancefloor
02. I Love The Dancefloor – Grayedout Club Mix
03. Death In The Disco
written by: Ali Hussain
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