Sexor

Tiga has made his name as a smart cultural magpie, either by delivering clubby cover versions of pop songs – ‘Hot In Here’ and ‘Sunglasses At Night’ – or borrowing elements from other music scenes, evident on his plundering of Public Enemy and Chicago house on ‘Louder Than A Bomb’ and ‘Pleasure From The Bass’. Unfortunately, that’s all he’s good at and the ‘serious’ moments on this, his debut artist album, like ‘The Ballad Of Sexor’ and the bland vocal house of ‘Brothers’, sound sub-standard. Even his cover version of Talking Heads’ ‘Burning Down The House’ lapses into lame banality. Sort it out, Tiga.