Moltov Jukebox consider themselves to be “London’s wildest troop of nomadic party-starters” and on listening to their rather fine EP ‘Bang’ I’m not about to argue with them. Let me introduce you. You’ll know singer Natalia Tena as Ellie in ‘About a Boy’.

The ‘Bang’ EP is the follow up to their debut ‘Double Dare’ EP, released to great acclaim in 2011, and was recorded Jonathan Quarmby, who has previously worked with David Bowie. How to descibe the sound? It’s a haze of strings and strums, brass and beats with some accordion and vocals thrown over the top. It’s a genre-hopping exercise in musical mayhem. Ska, soul, reggae, blues, pop, latin, soul and a bit of a calypso. Enough?

This is a great record. It’s easy to dismiss it as a record for a bacardi advert (as I did on first listen) but it’s better than that. The summery vibes run through this release but it combines the light with the dark. It’s unmistakably a record to put on at a party though. Put it on, pour some rum and enjoy. Leave the bacardi out of this one!