Pet Shop Boys - `Hotspot´ review: astutely observed social commentary in the form of absolute ...
(WorldNews Music)

Thirty five years since their imperious debut single `West End Girls´, it´s easy to overlook the unique position that NME Godlike Geniuses Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe occupy in the pop landscape - as at home crafting a Cardi B or Brandon Flowers-approved synth-pop banger as they are devising a ballet or scoring an 1920s Russian propaganda film. Similarly, it´s tempting to take for granted their unwaveringly high quality control: tracks from their last two albums, 2013´s `Electric´ and 2016´s `Super´, easily hold their own against their enviable arsenal of hits, updating their core DNA with a modern shimmer. Petheads have never had to deal with the sinking feeling of seeing their favourite...