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husband Stephen Lironi (an alumnus of AI circa 1982) commenced writing
together and with friends, neighbours and associates including Bernard

Butler and Robert Hodgens, aka Bobby Bluebell.

The result is a sparkling set of tunes with a playful attitude and a seam of
melancholy. As its title suggests, Mascara Streakz is a party album with its

heart in Studio 54. Chic and Blondie are clear touchstones as is Kylie’s
homage to (lip)glossy disco glamour. She certainly wouldn’t kick the classy

Roxyesque electro pop odyssey Colour of My Dreams out of the VIP room,

but Grogan and Lironi also infuse the likes of Home with that Eighties
Scotpop strut as much as a twist of disco.

William Orbit

Beautiful Thing, co-written with Hodgens, is built on familiar guitar jangle

and drum shuffle, but a quasi-gospel backing chorus takes the song out on
an exultant high. Changing My Luck teams skinny Chic funk, twinkling