Album Review: Perimenopop by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

That je ne sais quoi has fueled a nearly thirty-year career stretch. Seven studio releases and an equally impressive ancillary output (remix sets, an orchestral rework project, live double album, and more) have all preceded her current offering on the Decca label: Perimenopop. And who can forget her creative genesis at the peak of Britpop with theaudience, brainchild of respected musician (and occasional broadcaster) Billy Reeves.

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Eighth album from disco-pop queen is a collection of cool, stylish floor-fillers that is impossible to keep still to One of the more surprising, if very welcome, side effects of the Covid lockdown in 2020 was the re-emergence of Sophie Ellis-Bextor as one of the country’s best pop stars. For, while everyone was stuck inside making sourdough, watching Tiger King or participating in online quizzes, Ellis-Bextor decided to make the nation dance. Every Friday for two months, she’d stream a live gig from her own home with her family – the Kitchen Disco had been born.

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In a display of romantic hedonism, noughties pop princess Sophie Ellis-Bextor returns assured and adventurous in eighth studio album 'Perimenopop'. Rife with swirling landscapes of revolving disco balls, visions of colourful parties and neon lights, her latest offering pays homage to eternal adventure. Shaped by an evolution of perspective; equipped with new world views, the tender experience of motherhood, and a stronger sense of personal acceptance, over a decade on from 2001's 'Read My Lips' , 'Perimenopop' voyages an emboldened revisit to her sonic past while exploring new territories in groove and glamour.

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