They don't come more strictly retro than the close-harmony Puppini Sisters. You find yourself permanently, no matter whether they play more recent material or not, time travelling to the 1940s, and just on the point of, yes really, digging out old records by the Andrews Sisters. Check out what the Puppinis (Marcella Puppini, middle harmony; Kate Mullins, 'tenor' part; Emma Smith, the high bits) do with Deee-Lite's 'Groove Is in the Heart.' On Dance, Dance, Dance the long-established trio do the whole shtick better than most with the added welly of the veteran retro swing band the Pasadena Roof Orchestra in reserve as they rattle through a range of fetching not to be taken too seriously ditties done for charleston, lindy hop, foxtrot, Balboa, tango, cha-cha-cha, swing jive, mambo, tap and boogie-woogie. Dance, Dance, Dance is out on 4 September.
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