Yes, Pitty Sing is the latest band to hark back to the ’80s, when bands like Simple Minds, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and U2 were concocting songs that were as rock as they were dance.

It’s not that Pitty Sing front man Paul Holmes doesn’t get the allusions to ’80s revivalist rockers like The Killers — or even the originals like The Smiths — it’s just that he doesn ...

It's not hard to see why '80s-style guitar-spiked technopop appeals to modern bands like The Killers and Pitty Sing. That buzzing, shifting, electro-sheen sound has a cinematic quality.