Releasing bright and highly bop-able dance pop in these battened-down times may on the face of it seem like a punishment, but the reality is in fact the opposite - they're a balm of reassurance that we will go out dancing again.
And when it comes to that particular happy-sad strain of dance, the effect is even greater; a case in point being Route 94's new single Sad Songs.
Featuring vocals from rising star L Devine, the original track released last month - already topping over 4 million streams globally - balances Route's featherlight piano house with emotionally-wrought lyrics.
Strip away the electronics, as heard in the video premiered below, and Devine's vocal is even more, well, divine. Filmed at The Cause in Tottenham, London, the new
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