Salad: “Drink The Elixir” (Vital/Island)

Marijne van der Vlugt is scrumptious and Salad have produced their best effort yet with an ironic look at the pretensions of the fashion and cosmetic industry on a tune that, right down to the chaotic crescendo, seduces with confident conviction. Like that romantic chappy, who had a bit of a thing about the song of the nightingale said, beauty is truth, truth beauty, that’s all ye know and all ye need to know. Ever met a nightingale called van der Vlugt?