- Toronto's Bedroomer collective operates on the fringes of the city's dance music scene. Hudson Alexander is the group's best-known member, making spirited house music that's somewhere between disco and 2-step, built with melodic samples and dextrous drums. That formula works best on the first two tracks of We're Gonna Have A Party, where fidgety snares and hi-hats do their thing over dusty horn samples. The effect is most pleasing on "1:19," an adventurous cut whose smooth drum patterns and distant horns register like St. Germain's The Tourist meets lo-fi house.
Dusty melodic elements lend We're Gonna Have A Party an of-the-moment veneer, but the rest of the sounds music are too crisp to be lo-fi, sometimes to a fault. Though "7am" has nimble drums, it's a little sterile, with only a buried melody offering anything to chew on, while the title tune crumbles under the weight of an overwrought diva sample. The lesser moments on We're Gonna Have A Party are still offset by golden hooks, a sign of Hudson Alexander's talent for tickling the ears.
Tracklist01. 1:19
02. All We Know
03. 7AM
04. We're Gonna Have a Party