STEPS
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
JE
BMG
★★★☆
Listening to Steps’ second album since reforming in 2017, it’s clear what the future needs to hold for everyone’s favourite fromage barge: enough big tunes to slip among the hits for next year’s arena tour without making everyone look at their watch waiting for One For Sorrow. On that basis, What The Future Holds is a triumph: co-written by Greg Kurstin and Sia, the title track has more of a Lady Gaga air of drama than usual while keeping Steps’ big grins firmly in place and Brian Higgins and MNEK create Xenomania’s most surgically precise production in ages on To The Beat Of My Heart’s euphoric rush.