Ally Carnwath 

Welcome to the Jungle review – Neon Jungle’s debut is a mixed bag

Flashes of personality amid the formulaic club bangers make for a reasonable debut from the all-girl four-piece, writes Ally Carnwath
  
  


Neon Jungle got off to a good start with the entertaining strop-pop of debut single Trouble, but subsequent releases have been less fun, setting the girls' vocals to the yawningly predictable build and drop of EDM. Their debut album is a similarly mixed bag, front-loaded with singles and with the requisite number of formulaic club bangers, but also containing some flashes of personality and nicely executed ideas. Helium vocals and candyfloss synths combine well for the hormonal rush of So Alive. Bad Man is enjoyable, switching from giddy, start-of-the-night electropop to a dubstep-inspired strut.

 

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