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Verdict: New Young Pony Club – The Optimist

April 10th 2010 06:31

Without any Modular sheen present, NYPC have decisively stepped out independently with a darker, stranger and more thoughtful sophomore album that at long last breathes new life into a scene long been taken over by tired electro pop sameness. Over the faux hip party goer persona featured on the band’s dance floor friendly 2007 debut, lead singer Tahita Bulmer has traded in her seductive monotone for a vocal range full of surprises, whilst producing half Andy Spence experiments with a mix bag of zappy synth parts to match. The album sparks open with first single “Lost A Girl” – a track that holds to a simple pounding drumbeat and a running guitar riff before leaping forward with colourful harpsichord melodies, waves of bass and sweet vocal echoes. The cool funk bass line and clap along melody of “Chaos” may not stray from the upbeat Playroom precedent but the music is thick with the buzz of exciting sounds weaving in and out to add sparkle to the dubious lyrics (“whitewash on your life as the lights go down”). The album ambitiously builds on clean-cut pop melodies, seamlessly mixing soaring angelic choruses with dark electro beats. “The Optimist” somehow pulls off a spacey ambience with layers of squeaky synth behind airy vocals and pained lyrics. Let’s hope this new ambition catches on to the bands that so keenly copied the band the first time.

Most excellent tracks: “The Optimist”, “We Want To”, “Lost A Girl”, “Rapture”

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