synthpop
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This debut Chainsmokers album is like wading through a kiddie pool of emotions.
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The Far Field, the fifth album from NC synthpop trio Future Islands, is a serious case of musical déjà vu.
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Ibibio Sound Machine’s Uyai is the grand and adventurous Afro-Funk album I wanted their self-titled debut to be.
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Future Islands‘ second single off their forthcoming album The Far Field is yet another synthpop tune from the trio that just exudes a shit-ton of passion. And fittingly enough, the song’s accompanied by what must be the most emotive lyric video ever made. The Far Field‘s out April
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My boy Mike Hadreas is back with a stirring single about breaking away from the world’s hate, set to the most primal (though still elegant) instrumental I’ve heard him take on yet! It’s off the album No Shape, which drops May 5 via Matador.
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Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman goes full-on pop with his follow-up to 2012’s I Know What Love Isn’t.
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Jens Lekman‘s latest single is more anxiety-wrought than its upbeat dance pop instrumental first suggests. His new album Life Will See You Now drops this Friday via Secretly Canadian.
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The Weeknd follows up last year’s Beauty Behind the Madness with an album that’s just as much of a roller coaster in terms of style and quality.
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Kero Kero Bonito comes through with a set of creative, focused, and super sweet pieces of pop music on their debut album.
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This new Tove Lo album is some of the blandest and unsexiest pop music I’ve heard all year.
