#2951 Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85

Bristly post-punker goes full 80s: saccharine vocals over gated snares and candy-coated synths. The synths're clever, but man is it tough to get past the packaging. Gartside almost goes around the horn to subversive in his perverse commitment to pure plastic pop -- but not quite. What a weird turn 2.5/5