From Columbia to the moon! Straight out of the space-pop stratosphere come’s the self-titled debut album from Miike Snow. The Scandinavian three-piece offer up a lushly uplifting ethereal and electronic experience once the countdown ends and you are shot into outer space.
With weaving synth lines, urgent patch drum grooves and straightforward but strangely effective vocals, Miike Snow’s hooks catch you unawares, despite becoming tedious at times. Standout tracks include the opener Animal, Song For No One and Plastic Jungle. With their crisp production and dreamlike vocal deliveries, they succeed at bringing 80s synth to a new melodic, futuristic age – and there is even a slice of Crystal Castles and Wave Machines thrown in for good measure.
If intense yet spacious landscape electronica is your forte, then this grand offering from Miike Snow will have you sonically blissed-out long after touchdown.
3/5
Ian Easton
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