MGMT - Little Dark Age

I grieve in stereo
The stereo sounds strange
You know that if it hides
It doesn't go away
If I get out of bed
You'll see me standing all alone
Horrified
On the stage
My little dark age

A shiny new single from MGMT, released in advance of new LP arriving early 2018, so be looking for tour announcements around that time as well. I love love loved their debut album that came out (gasp/gulp) ten years ago now. Wow, can "Electric Feel" really be that old? (Yes) Anyway, I like the sounds in this track and the sentiment -- not of actual depression but just a little, almost playful, toe-dip into the darkness - definitely shown in the Cure-esque video.

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Makthaverskan - Comfort

Continuing a theme of bands with really long names, today's Most Important is from Swedish rockers Makthaverskan. I've seen them described as dark indie pop and that's accurate, and I find them very much in the vein of some classic 4AD bands. Think Cocteau Twins. They've got a new album out, III, and it's fantastic.

RIYL: Lush, Cocteau Twins, Cranes, The Sundays

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The Front Bottoms - You Used to Say

The Front Bottoms new album is perfect. Perfectly them, perfectly low key college rock that could also serve as a middle schooler's anthem album, with it's perfectly world-weary, sarcastic tone. Anyway, I sat and listened to the entire thing AGAIN this morning (something I almost never do) and could have picked any track to share so I just went with the first. Also, "You Used to Say" feels additionally perfect at this moment: dramatic imminent death declaration followed by a dance break. I didn't know the band before seeing them at ACL last year but count me as a big fan now.  

RIYL: Death Cab for Cutie, XTC, Violent Femmes, Dead Milkmen, REM

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