JOBOXERS
ESSENTIAL BOXERBEAT
COOKING VINYL
★★★★
An exciting surprise reunion, JoBoxers ended 35 years’ silence by returning for a tour that’s taking place as you read this.
Initially delayed by the pandemic, their comeback after splitting trying to make a third album will hopefully be a welcome reminder of how the transatlantic band were brieflya unique fusion of Britfunk, glam, Northern Soul, pop and vintage R&B. Most of the seven songs taken from 1985’s second album Skin And Bone suggest they’d split at the right time. They’d smoothed out too much of their initial edge, veering closer to Johnny Hates Jazz than their initial groove’s intensity.