Utopia – Utopia

In 2006, when Rundgren took an unexpected detour fronting the New Cars with original members Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes, he was candid enough to call it “an opportunity to play to a larger audience with musicians I like, have some fun and pay the bills”. But it seemed a longoverdue acknowledgement that early-80s Utopia were the forgotten band of the new wave.

As melodic, smart and angularly stylish as Squeeze, Elvis Costello or The Cars at their best, this overlooked album gave birth to shoulda-beenhuge hits such as Hammer In My Heart, I’m Looking At You,

Bad Little Actress and Feet Don’t Fail Me Now.