The Ejector Seats are a three piece who come from London, Oxford and Basingstoke starring disco queen Rebecca Reynolds on vocals with manly backing from Trevor John on guitar and Mr.O on synths.
Musically, everything you need to know about the band's debut album is summed up in the chorus to Body Heat:
"I sold my soul to Rock and Roll/ But that didn't do me any good/So now I dance to Electro Beat/ It helps to raise my body beat".
Depending on your perspective, lines like these will be taken as either charmingly naive or embarrassingly fey.
Their sound reflects the influences of 80s artists listed on the band's My Space. These read like a check list of New Romantic Electro Pop that dominated Top of the Pops in the 80s, including OMD, Human League, Adam & The Ants and Human League.
The first single Happiness Don't Live With Me tells the tale of a lonely girl dressing up and wearing a fake smile and "shiny shoes to dance away the blues". It epitomises a band whose ambitions are pitched no higher than that of recreating the mood of discotheques in suburbia.
This is disposable pop - clean, crisp, catchy. It's just a pity for them that TOTP has had its day. Still, there's always You Tube:
