Get ready trendsters and fashionistas everywhere, because Temposhark is the new ultimate cool band you need to have in your collection. Hell, even if you’re not a slave to all things hip, you still need to a get a hold of this, and chances are your cool points will go up by process of osmosis after listening to it.

Cast from the same mould as Imogen Heap (she is in fact a collaborator on The Invisible Line, and features on ‘Not That Big’) this is electronica with lashings of drama, suspenseful synthesizers, and theatrical vocals. Temposhark’s influences are spread far and wide – from Pet Shop Boys to Kate Bush via Depeche Mode with a nod to the theatre-rock shenanigans of Panic At The Disco (or perhaps the other way round?).

The brainchild of Robert Diament (who looks alarmingly like a less grey-haired Keith Murray of We Are Scientists) and Luke Busby, the pair have cool credentials coming out of their ears, working with the soon to become Bat For Lashes, Natasha Kahn. Temposhark have now doubled in numbers to include a drummer and bassist for live shows in an attempt to distinguish the band as a band, as opposed to DJs.

Imogen Heap’s helpful but perhaps somewhat heavy hand is evident across the album, particularly on ‘It’s Better To Have Loved’ with it’s dark undertones and ethereal vocals. Imogen’s duet with the band, ‘Not That Bid’ is actually fairly understated, her vocals blend in with the bands, and are somewhat overshadowed. With thundering drums and staccato vocals this track is menacing, and Imogen’s background wailing (best way to describe it, honest) brings to mind images of a haunted house on a stormy night. Intense stuff.

Temposhark are confident almost to the point of cockiness – there’s nothing timid or subtle about this album as the lyrics on ‘Knock Me Out’ state: “Hit me like a hurricane/Hit me like a bomb“.

The Invisible Line is exciting, energetic, and certainly never boring. The music these two can’t make with various knob-twiddling devices simply isn’t worth making. Their lyrics are sharp, succinct, and straight to the point – no using long words when a short one will do here.

Ultimately though, in the proverbial nutshell, this album is cool. It simply oozes it all over the place. And the best part is that Temposhark probably don’t even know it.