Baxendale rule the current disco pop scene like the kings
they know they were meant to be. With influences like early Pulp,
the Petshop Boys, and the Smiths, you'd think this album would
be an 80's lover's dream... and it is. But there is a distinct
21st century approach and attitude, making this record a rarity,
in that it is authentic and dancehappy all at the same time.
The title track is a gloriously hooky romp, while Switzerland
mixes in some super catchy beats and synths with that perfect
sing-along chorus you won't forget.
The NME loved the album, and printed this review:
Two boys from London and a girl from Reading with an album called
“You Will Have Your Revenge”, Baxendale are a serious group all
right, but serious about making glorious Day-Glo euphoric electro-pop
stuffed with so many ridiculous hooks and transparent truths you
can't help but fall stupidly in love with them. 'Music For Girls’
features the magnificent line, “Keep your bittersweet symphonies
/ I’ll break your legs if you stop me dancing”, while when halfway
through the monster adrenaline rush of 'Battery Acid’ Tim 'dies’
and resurrects himself, it’s saved from becoming a hideous, cringeworthy
parody just by the sheer exuberance he exudes. Like Pulp at their
dizziest heights or a juvenile Pet Shop Boys run riot in a vat
of fizzy sherbet, this is warm humanity for the dance fraternity,
frenzied disco for indie kids. Who ever said dance music was all
faceless and cold?" (review by Emma Hogan - NME)