It is summer time people and we need an album to soundtrack our summer. An album that seems so effortless yet so intriguing, an album full of killer hooks and dreamy vocals. Look no further than Subiza by Basque chilled-dance sultans Delorean.

Subiza deploys the classic rave and techno formula of driving euphoric ‘hands in the air in a crowd of sweaty revellers’ hooks mixed with chilled out refrains. ‘Real Love’ is unadulterated and unashamedly huge. Coming in at just over six minutes, it weaves vocal interplays with simple shimmery hooks and beats without relenting from its anthemic core. ‘Stay Close’ is a slow building Animal Collective-esque powerhouse of a song. Lead singer Ekhi Lopetegi yelps along to the building tempos and synth arrays, but you never really care what he is singing about as the interweaving backing vocals features as the main hook of the song, excuding an odd dream-like quality to such a banger of a tune. The four-piece go right back to the 90s with ‘Warmer Places’ ignoring the careful gradual build-up formula adopted in previous songs and upping the tempo significantly with Lopetegi yelping more coherently than before with the drums thundering around his strained vocals. Magical.

Subiza could have so easily have fallen into the ‘singles album’ trap as so many dance albums do. Tracks such as ‘Grow’ add diversity and patience to the album and keep you interested while giving you a well needed rest bite.

What Delorean have achieved with Subiza is successfully create a coherent, encapsulating and original dance album. Packed full of anthems from start to finish, it never delves into self-indulgent or unoriginal territory. It cannot be pigeonholed nor can it be criticised for being something it is not. Subiza is a fun, feel good album and our summer is all the better for it.

Delorean: “Stay Close”