One Day I’m Going to Soar by Dexys review

Still operating somewhere in the axis between deeply profound and faintly ridiculous, Dexys are back.

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28th July, 2012

Review

Kevin Rowland is a glorious dichotomy of a man, comprised of equal measures of hand-wringing self-doubt and supreme overconfidence, so the very idea of a new album from him in 2012 is a strange, alluring prospect. Now shorn of the Midnight Runners and going simply as Dexys, the band have made no change at the top, with Rowland still the gaffer, and the possibility of mass band sackings, or a bizarre new wardrobe and matching manifesto, never too far away. With ex-Style Council keyboard maestro Mick Talbot in tow, and even a couple of old bandmates reporting for duty – in the form of trombonist ...

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