urgency to bleed

I haven't posted a song of the day since October(!) apparently. So I'll rectify that situation by posting two of them for today.



I haven't heard anything else by Röyksopp; I just happened upon this song completely randomly and have been too obsessed with it to track down anything else. I am very much in love with it. Everything about it is perfect but it all works together so well to form a cohesive whole that it's hard to single out a certain aspect that makes it so great. The melody is instantly memorable - it's been stuck in my head since I first heard it; it's got amazing atmosphere, slightly eerie and dark (the very well done music video adds to this even more) but not enough to damper the catchiness; then there's Karin Dreijer Andersson's vocals - I don't exactly love The Knife but I do love how quirky yet beautiful her voice is and it works so well here. Basically, it's all awesome. And I'm slightly afraid to listen to anything else because I don't think it will live up to my expectations.




Another completely random find - I'm having a lot of luck with those lately, it seems. I really like Delphic's sound a lot; it's not exactly anything groundbreaking, just indie rock with some electronic elements thrown in for good measure basically, but it's the perfect marriage of these two genres. And really, I just swoon over pretty much anything if it's sung with a British accent. This song is catchy, catchy, catchy but it's also got enough substance beyond that to leave a lasting impression. And I seem to be at a loss of words for these descriptions today. Just trust me, it's good.