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Some acts are timeless. Some acts come and go. Justice are deffinitely an act which should have been the latter.

Returning with an album with sounds so 80s glam they really should perform it in neon platforms, the result is an album which doesn’t just sound out of date, it sounds of out fashion. And in music, being ‘fashionable’ is a sure fire way to never make it onto the headsets of a fan base wider than that of your first releases.

Despite stating that they don’t find pop music exciting, what they’ve released is really a set of pop backing tracks which aren’t half as interesting as they’re trying to be. With the mash up of genres which currently makes up the Top 40 landscape, eight tracks of light four-to-the-floor entertainment doesn’t really cut the mustard anymore.

It’ll no doubt sound ok at a quirky retro night, but for a band which once couldn’t be cooler if they were ice blocks, it seems as if the heat has worn away their sheen. They came, and it doesn’t seem like they’re going that far now.