MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS: DANSEPARC (Cherry Red Records) ****
POP was smarter in the Eighties. Synth trio Scritti Politti wrote songs about French philosophers and Morrissey liked to names drop Oscar Wilde. Canada’s Martha And The Muffins’ Danseparc offered a critique of urban space with songs such as Obedience and What People Do For Fun, using motorik funk a la Talking Heads. Music to dance and think to.