Le Galaxie – Pleasure (Vinyl)

The third album from Dublin's hardest-working dance band, released in 2018, and the one where everything clicked into place. The big change was the recruitment of MayKay of Fight Like Apes as a full member, and her voice, confident and free proves the perfect foil for Michael Pope's voice. Where Le Club chased 80s excess, Pleasure is laser-focused: song first, sound second.

Day of the Child is the high-water mark, swinging from soaring to snarling in a blink, while L.I.E and Lock That Heart Down show off the tightened interplay and the epic closer The Comedown mixes atmosphere and monster beats into the perfect end of night record. For a band whose live show consistently beggared belief, this was the first time the manic energy fully survived the journey to record. Their final album as it turned out, and their best.