Jake Shears’ new album, Last Man Dancing was recorded between the US, Portugal and London - where he relocated from his New Orleans home during the pandemic. The project includes the sort of head-turning party guestlist that, in Shears’ universe, make total sense: Kylie Minogue, Big Freedia and Amber Martin all feature, with a cameo from Jane Fonda and some words of wisdom from Iggy Pop.
Last Man Dancing is full of incandescent nods to fellow dance music pioneers – a Sylvester falsetto here, a Patrick Cowley cowbell there, and a Berghain pulse – all modernised, personalised and right at home in 2023. Hedonistic, poignant, and surreal, Jake Shears has now turned a lifelong love-affair with club culture into his most ambitious material to date.