Upon mentioning a band called Beauty Skool Dropout, one might be met with horrifying visions of endless Christmas repeats of Grease, or the era of terrible spelling in music known as the 90s. It doesn’t make for an appealing combination.

Luckily for this Brighton duo, the music is not quite so terrible, though it might take you a while to realise it. Their latest EP, ‘Can You Handle This?’, is definitely a grower: perfectly listenable at first, but it takes you a while to grasp what makes the boy-girl duo stand out.

Opener ‘Boom Boom’ is a catchy, danceable little tune, but hardly memorable. It’s not until the second track, ‘What’s This Song?’ that you really appreciate BSD. Bursting with energy and packed with cheeky rhymes (“We’re BSD and we’ll make you hard/My makeup brings all the boys to the yard”), ‘What’s This Song?’ sums up in 3 minutes everything that the “nu-rave” kids should be listening to.

Things calm down somewhat for “Faster Faster”, an equally catchy pop number, which although won’t win any awards for revolutionary, poetic song lyrics, makes for a perfect night out on the tiles. And let’s face it, who wants the miserable lyrical stylings of yet another singer-songwriter when you’re pissed and want to dance?

Stand out track of the EP goes to ‘If You Like Alot Of Chocolate (On Your Biscuit)’. Contrary to speculation, this isn’t an innovative re-working of that classic Club biscuit advert, but a hilarious and truthful ode to any woman who’s found herself lusting after a gay man. Combining the energy and flair of Robots In Disguise with the cutting wit of Gravy Train, the song’s chant of “Girls can’t pull in a gay club!” is perhaps the most memorable moment of the entire EP.

Closer ‘I Hope You Can Handle This’ demonstrates the creativity and diversity of electro music. With pounding bass beats and captivating synthesisers, singer Fifi sings with a sassy and charismatic confidence sorely lacking in the current music charts.

It does take a few listens to become anything more than a quite pleasant pop record, but sure enough, ‘Can You Handle This?’ is intriguing enough to have you listening again and again until you can’t get it out of your head. BSD have the talent to become one of the biggest bands in popular music, but they’re not to be taken light-heartedly. With songs as in-your-face as ‘If You Like Alot Of Chocolate (On Your Biscuit)’, Beauty Skool Dropout will get you drunk, kiss you and leave you face down in a pool of your own vomit, a faint buzz of a great night out still ringing in your head.