Confidence Man

★★★★ Tilt HEAVENLY. CD/DL/LP

Brisbane house/disco unit’s second plateful of irresistible bangers.

Since these Aussie electro-pop arrivistes launched with 2018’s colourful Confident Music For

Confident People, the world’s dancefloors have been off limits. They resurface now, with a near-flawless follow-up that resonates on multiple levels, from universal party cravings through to playful, feminist messaging, and mass popularity feels highly probable. The sunny, unrestrainable charisma of rubber-limbed singer Janet Planet (not Van Morrison’s original, browneyed girl) radiates from Tilt ’s every groove, topping off her track-building backing band’s expertly ornamented nods to OG rave, early-’90s piano house, Deee-Lite and The Chemical Brothers, with a lyrical zip which largely eluded even those hallowed antecedents. Whether down-and-dirty on self-confessed “J-Lo slutjam” Toy Boy or injecting tongue-in-cheek wit into sexpositive belter Woman, Ms Planet could charm the most grooveless curmudgeon into a shimmy around the handbag. With enough disco detonators aboard for three Top 5 albums, here’s the feel-good hit album of 2022.