Fosca - on Earth to make the numbers up

Fosca were a synth-pop C86 band formed by Dickon Edwards ex of Orlando and the Sarah band Shelley. With that kind of heritage its no surprise Fosca produce luscious electronic indie pop with sharp and witty lyrics. This was their first album which was released on Shinkansen.

Great pop with perfect electro-pop melodies as clearly evident on a track like "Its all going to end in tears" though at times you feel they are trying to shoehorn every PSB/Erasure/electro pop hook possible into a 5 minute long song. Maybe the slower and more laid back and reflective "There is another country" works better? The album is a gorgeous piece of work in any case.