Classic_Pop_Issue_30_July_2017

STEPS

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O

nce upon a time, the mere

mention of the name Steps

would send shivers of fear

down the spines of those

who found sparkly pop as

horrifying as being stuck

in a lift with Gemma Collins.

But 20 years after they fi rst burst onto

the charts, something’s changed. Pop’s

shiniest, happiest, disco dandies have,

against all the odds become respectable,

credible and, dare we say, cool?

Well, yes actually. It would seem

that they are.

When the all-singing, all-

dancing 30-something boy-girl

pop combo returned to the

charts in March with Scared

Of The Dark, it wasn’t just the

devoted fans who’d supported

them back in the day who

revelled in the gloriousness

of the intricately constructed

and produced new track.

So, too, did the sorry

saps who’d hidden

away in the pop closet

for so many years

only now to fi nd the

strength to fi ght the

feelings they’d stifl ed

for so long.

And so it came to

pass, that for a few

hours Scared Of

The Dark usurped

Ed Sheeran’s reign at

the top of the iTunes chart

while their critically-

acclaimed comeback

album Tears On

The Dancefl oor

piqued the

interest of old

and new fans and new fans

DISDIS COCOCO

OUR

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DIS CO

THEM!

DISMISSED AS DISPOSABLE

POP TRASH IN THE 90S, SHINY

HAPPY FIVE-PIECE STEPS HAVE

RETURNED TO TERRORISE

THE DANCEFLOOR AND THIS TIME

THEY’RE DOING IT ON

THEIR OWN TERMS

C H R I S T I A N G U I L T E N A N E

DISDIS

THEM!THEM!

NEEDS

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