What exactly is ‘pop’ music comprised of nowadays? Anything that resonates with the public consciousness, it seems. The charts are dominated by dance music and R&B, but I think there could be room for bands who are ‘pop’ at their core, yet try to mask it with quirks and unusual production. Just ask Django Django. When last I’d heard from them, they were about to release a double A-side single of WOR and Skies Over Cairo. This was early 2010. They hadn’t been on my radar that much since then, but recent single Waveforms indicated the wheels were once again beginning to turn in Django Django-land. All three of the aforementioned songs will feature on their forthcoming, long-awaited, self-titled debut, out January 30th, but the record is being trailed by Default, and it’s arguably the most immediate song the quartet have released so far, featuring an unshakeable hook and breezy guitar line and immediately memorable lyrics like, ‘You thought you’d set the bar, I’d never tried to work it out / We just lit the fire and now you want to put it out’. Their music may portray them as oddballs, but a song as good as this cannot be messed with – they clearly know what they’re doing. FAO fans of Hot Chip: here’s your new favourite band. Everyone else would do well to sit up and pay attention, too, because this lot are going places.
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