Tag: synth pop
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Bright Light Bright Light continues to be one of pop music’s best kept secrets with his new single, “I Believe,” which is very much in the vein of the dance pop songs currently ruling the radio. If someone told you this was produced by Zedd, we’ve little doubt that you’d believe them. From its radiant…
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Betty Who is a 22-year old Australian born, New York-based pop songstress who’s been gradually introducing herself to the world with a fantastic EP here and an awesome EP there. Currently, she’s just finished a successful tour of the UK and she’s just released her UK debut, an EP she’s dubbed Worlds Apart. Since we’ve…
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Rebecca & Fiona’s debut album, I Love You, Man, was as perfect as any pop debut could be. Astounding from start to finish, really. Compared to their new sophomore effort, Beauty is Pain, I Love You, Man is a bright and shiny sky with a double rainbow. And I suppose it always was, the ladies’…
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written by Barnaby Thornton When Brett Gleason opens his mouth, honey-tarred bullets fly out. A slow-fire of piercing lyrics wrapped in the syrupy shell of his beautifully rich baritone voice… On his debut album (self-titled), the Brooklyn-based singer continues to pair the blood and thunder of electronic rock, with more intimate piano-centric songwriting. Funded by…
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Love is Pop favorite Poliça is releasing a deluxe edition of the band’s incredible Shulamith album, a record that shimmers with enough kaleidoscopic colors to temporarily blind you. One listen to the beautiful work of alt/art pop and you’ll never forget it. It’s the audio equivalent of seeing a famous painting in person at Le…
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La Roux is back! Their new album, Trouble in Paradise, will drop on July 8th via Polydor. You can pre-order it on iTunes right now and if you do you get the pre-order track “Let Me Down Gently,” which is, naturally, our #songoftheday. It begins with hushed, oh-so-very-80s synth courtesy of the duo’s multi-instrumentalist/producer Ben…
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The duo known as no:carrier was formed in Germany in 1995 and has been active with its current line-up since 2001. These days, they operate through a great distance with producer/keyboardist/occasional vocalist Chris Wirsig living in San Francisco, California while main vocalist Cynthia Wechselberger continues to reside in her home country of Germany. But I…
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Is there such a thing as cold war chic? That’s how I keep hearing Client described, though I think it’s more of a reference to their album covers and videos than to their music. After all, Authority is their fifth album and it’s only the first to show the women’s faces on the cover. Previous…
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The UK’s Bat and Ball are an immensely-talented outfit with co-lead vocalists Abi and Chris Sinclair hailing from West Country. While the two began writing and performing with various bands in their early teens, they never actually played in a band together until they both moved to London to study at Goldsmiths College, at which…
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Pop singer/songwriter Eemia is from the small town of Clitheroe in the North-West of England. When she was only 18 she moved to London and began working with various other writers and producers. In 2012 she performed at the Olympic Village, singing for the athletes throughout the Summer Olympics. She also worked as a background…
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What a lovely mid-tempo synth pop song. Very subtle verses and a downright gorgeous chorus. It has something of an ’80’s synth pop vibe, but we consider that a good thing. “I never wanna play along / If I double back to zero / I never would have played along / If I double back…
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sums it up perfectly. But, if you must know more, it’s very much in the vein of Tegan & Sara’s shiny latest album, Heartthrob, or Goldfrapp’s sultry pop, like on their Head First album. It begins with subtle guitar notes and dreamy, whispery vocals, more like Goldfrapp’s Seventh Tree, but once it hits the second…
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It’s not every day that high school students release an album. And it’s even less common for high school students to release a truly fantastic album with a serious wow factor. But that’s precisely what Ugly Bunny have done with their stellar debut, Tokyo You may recall Ugly Bunny from my very positive review of…
