There’s a certain paradoxical quality to dance pop, equally nostalgic and futuristic, physically demanding yet emotionally uplifting, and at times just as intensive on visuals as it is on the music. And with Janet Planet and Sugar Bones at the helm, Melbourne-based four-piece Confidence Man ticks all those boxes and more, to the point that that they’ve recently landed a touring spot alongside synthpop legends New Order.

You can submit to the group’s cult of seductive, house-inspired sonics in full with 2018’s Confident Music for Confident People, and or get started off with the indulgent four-to-the-floor club banger that just came out last Friday, “Does It Make You Feel Good?”

–Jack Anderson

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