The Singles Jukebox

From Poland, and I can’t really outdo this as a… something…

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Alfred Soto: Restricting herself to monosyllables teetering on the edge of verses produces tension in this Polish singer’s house track. Those sawtooth synths could use a polish.
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Tim de Reuse: It’s November, and I haven’t seen the sky in a week. Is that why I feel completely numb to the twinkly, sunny, bell-ridden synth parade? Or has 2016 just wrung it dry of all its benign ambition? I don’t know. I shouldn’t take my weird frustrations out on this song. It is competent and polished to a mirror shine, it ticks as many boxes as it needs to, and its corners have been rounded off with a power sander.
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Iain Mew: Your tropics, relaxed mood, wave after wave, that’s all easier to do when you suck the energy and pace out. Or you can go the opposite direction, take the mood out of the picture instead, use a couple of sounds as signifiers tacked onto a blaring pop song. What Lanberry’s done is both and neither, a sunny song buzzing with energy (and synth noises) that still projects a constant, blissful calm. It’s pretty much alchemy.
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Will Adams: A rare strain of beach house that refuses to slip into playlist morass. As “Piatek” progresses, the synths keep piling on the hooks (the best is the most subtle one; the swishing tucked into the bridge) while Lanberry stands confident atop it all. It’s even better upon re-listen, because you already know that the plinky square synths are about to be bulldozed.
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Claire Biddles: Fairly standard electro-pop that is lifted out of mediocrity by Lanberry’s relaxed vocals; the antithesis of the shrill try-hard performances that ordinarily front similar songs. This would have scored higher if the soft synths weren’t overshadowed by screeching sounds in the chorus, which shook me from my blissed-out state.
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Olivia Rafferty: The BPM eerily seems a shade too slow for this to be a danceable pop number. The listening experience is like walking through water: it’s pleasant, but you’re not getting anywhere that quickly.
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