It seems that White Rabbit haven't quite got a complete monopoly on forthcoming fascinating-sounding music-related books. Picador have picked up Ed Gillett's Party Lines, which promises to be right up my street in "treating dance music as not merely a musical or cultural phenomenon, but a unique lens through which to re-examine Britain's social and political history".
If that objective sounds familiar, it might be because you've seen Jeremy Deller's documentary film Everybody In The Place: An Incomplete History Of Britain 1984-1992, for which Gillett happened to be senior researcher. If the book fleshes out some of the ideas and connections in the film, then it'll be well worth reading.
The only disappointment is that there's going to be a lengthy wait - it's not scheduled to publish until 2023. Talk about a long build until the beat finally drops. Until then, you can whet your appetite by watching the film and digesting his contributions to the Quietus. The one on Housekeeping and the intersection between clubbing, gentrification and capitalism is a great place to start.
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