Kitsuné If baby boomers are getting down to EDM in an attempt to prove that they're still hip (and they are), then this maybe the track for them. 'Liar Liar' with Blondfire starts out like yet another stadium rock meets EDM fusion but throws in an ever-shifting mix of element: epic pianos, Kitsune style emo electro and even a '60s organ wig-out. With the most overtly 'Avicii' synth line, it breaks down to dubstep half-time for what is already a set favorite. Her next, 'Dear Boy', features another close vocal imitation, this time of Lana Del Rey. 'Addicted to You', meanwhile, the first of two tracks featuring Audra Mae, comes off like Adele rewriting 'Skyfall' for the dancefloor, its cinematic scope conjuring up closing credit, or at the very least show-stopping fireworks. 'Hey Brother', featuring Dan Tyminsk, is even more explicitly countrified than 'Wake Me Up' and follows a similar formula of chorus/verse/drop, resulting in a potentially huge radio hit.
Already previewed, 'You Make Me' is the second track, front-loading the album with familiarity as Salem Al Fakir declares: 'All my life I've been waiting for someone like you?” Describing the the chemical rush of adolescent love, it's a kick drum accompanied update of '80s soft rock, a steroid injected, gym-toned version of Martin Solveig, who in turn had already taken the vision of Phoenix to a main stage audience. Whatever your current take on his sound, this is likely to entrench it further. With its affirmations of youth, unity and love, this is a rallying call for the thousands of kids switched on to the sensory overload of EDM festivals, but how does the rest of the album stand up?įirstly, it's an almost entirely vocal affair – bar final track 'Heart Upon My Sleeve' – so continues Avicii, aka Tim Bergling's, pop-centric vision of EDM. Hitting number one around the world from the UK to Australia, it's this track that opens his debut album 'True', which is released on 17th September on Universal. Yet Avicii didn't stop there, recruiting Aloe Blacc, a rapper and soul singer previously signed to underground LA hip-hop label Stones Throw Records, to add yet another point of entry to EDM's ever growing popular appeal. His most recent single, 'Wake Me Up', combined his unmistakable signature synth sound with country music, a move possibly inspired by Madonna herself who did the same over a decade ago with 'Don't Tell Me'.