1999 02 The Other Two "Super Highways" Uncut Review
Mancs again THE OTHER TWO SUPERHIGHWAYS London ★ ★ ★ New offering from New Order duo FIVE eventful years have elapsed since Steven Morris and Gillian Gilbert delivered their debut collection of mellifluous but somewhat anodyne disco-pop. New Order split and regrouped. Bernard Sumner found acclaim with the occasionally sublime Electronic. Peter Hook exorcised his past with Revenge and Monaco. Dance music evolved almost beyond recognition. And now the self-effacing duo are back with another collection of, ahem, mellifluous but somewhat anodyne disco-pop. Ho hum. It’s 1992 again. Welcome to the placid house revolution. Ironically, the most obvious reference point here lies not in Steven and Gillian’s illustrious past but rather with Dubstar, the armchair electro-pop trio sometimes dismissed as pale New Order copyists. Not such a damning comparison in the grander scheme of things - Dubstar can be classy operators when they try - but hardly inspired parameters for two members of ...