The Dallas-based synth-pop duo
T42 (vocalist Will Loconto and keyboardist Jay Gillian) released its debut album,
Intruder, in 1992.
Intruder is reminiscent of '80s synthesizer-heavy pop acts like
Erasure and
Information Society (the album was co-produced by
Information Society's
Paul Robb and
Fred Maher of
Scritti Politti), and
T42 has a talent for crafting mindlessly entertaining pop hooks, despite weak vocals and a lack of even a speck of originality. Perhaps as a tribute to one of its influences, the duo ably covers
Heaven 17's minor hit "Let Me Go" and offers a handful of catchy dance-pop nuggets like "Desire," "Perfect Kiss" (NOT the
New Order tune), and the goofy "Hot Candy." Far from brilliant but certainly not terrible,
Intruder is a fun, pleasant waste of time. ~ William Cooper