Anita Lane Sex O'clock Vinyl

Upon first glance, this looks to be a potentially cheeky mainstream album, but Sex O'Clock is actually a respectably good package of slick, sultry pop by Anita Lane, who happens to be one of the cofounders of Nick Cave's Bad Seeds band. Additional Bad Seed Mick Harvey is heavily involved as well, producing and co-writing much of the material here.

There are lots of nice, big arrangements with brass and strings, and the end result is somewhere in between Saint Etienne's sugary pop and the darker, moody cabaret music. With a nice line-up of talent and a good breadth of song styles, Sex O'Clock is full of cool, slinky music. (Mute)