Previously back-up singer for Californian electro-jazz act Bird and the Bee, Alex Lilly’s solo debut under the Obi Best moniker is airy synth-pop informed by lounge and trip hop. Not as innovative or subversive as an in-form Bjork or Goldfrapp, it mimics the lighter end of both artists’ output. Closer in spirit to the whimsical electro of Moloko or latter-day peddlers of cute leftfield pop such as Psapp, Capades‘ tunes are mostly easy on the ear and infectiously poppy. However, the lyrics and self-consciously chipper manner of singing are just too affected to take seriously.
