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Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing

The song that broke, and then broke the band was a monster: "The Politics of Dancing" was a near perfect new wave pop song. I really liked it, but oddly didn't get the album for a couple of years. There were some really good songs here, and it really was everything that was awesome about the early '80s, and despite what seemed like the massive success of the title track, the band would release one album (okay, that's not exactly true, but close enough). Then I lost my record collection and over time all I had left of the album was on various '80s collections and it was only one song. It was only relatively recently that I managed to find a deluxe copy of The Politics of Dancing on CD, a two disc nearly two hour sonic feast for the ears. Then the follow up album showed up on iTunes, and Spotify and while it's better late than never it's too little too late to help the band. Then despite myself when I saw the record for under five bucks, I just could...