Fresh Like Dexie performing live

Five-piece multi-genre band Fresh Like Dexie have released a new EP Step In The Sun.

Having first found life on a camping trip in 2010, the band have a sprawling range of influences from Stevie Wonder to The Clash to Rage Against The Machine. And what becomes instantly clear as soon as you hit the ‘play’ button on one of their tracks, is that each of these influences has trickled down into their own music.

From the first seconds of opening track Tifa Lockhart you’re thrust into a ridiculously catchy funky bass riff, which is shortly joined by some energetic and sunny guitar strumming and Danielle Bruton’s pleasingly husky vocals that are just full of soul. The combination conjures echoes of a fresher, and hopefully more sober, Jamiroquai.

As it continues, the EP brushes with a more paired down sound in the eponymous third track, where Bruton’s vocals are combined with band member Cameron Williams-Hill, providing a nice contrast, and taking it up a notch in Sparks, Fuse, Energy , with its generous helping of vintage nostalgia. On every track, the interaction between Williams-Hill on guitar and Sam ‘Tuggy’ Tugnutt on bass and their keen-fingered plugging is particularly wonderful.

Perfect to dance to on a sunny afternoon at a festival – these guys have an infectiously refreshing feel-good factor.

You can also follow the band on Twitter @FreshLikeDexie.