Review: Despite a career that stretches back to the tail end of the 1980s, Retro Soul is - somewhat remarkably - the full-length debut of Basement Boys man Teddy Douglas. Created with the help of vocalist Marcell Russell and his honeyed tonsils, the album begins with a spine-tingling acapella, before working through a range on sweet, immaculately produced, on-point soulful house gems. There are occasional smouldering ballads, torch songs (see "Good Morning Love" and the slick "Wonderful") and modern soul gems (the horn-heavy "Clap My Hands"), but for the most part it's a deliciously bright-and-breezy, dancefloor-centric set.
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