Album Reviews / Pop

The Spice Girls gone gospel, R&B;, disco and ‘60s girl-group soul? In the hands of this British quartet, it’s less inviting than you might imagine. Though a bizarre remake of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” is a bad novelty, the rest tries to recast retro as modern-day sassy. Eventually the uninspired music makes it all fall flat.

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