Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Music news Music Go Music: Expressions
Posted by Ben Westhoff on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM
The members of Music Go Music must want you to believe they're Scandinavian fairies living in the mountains, with only synthesizers and pixie sticks to sustain them. Why else would they give themselves pseudonyms like Gala Bell, Kamer Maza and TORG, and play the airiest, most sugary-sweet dance pop imaginable on their debut, Expressions? The group is actually composed of members of Los Angeles indie-rock outfit Bodies of Water, and this project sees them indulging their love of '80s electro, cheesy love stories and "whoa whoa whoa" sing-alongs. It's all as much fun as it sounds, and track highlights like "Love, Violent Love," "Explorers of the Heart" and "Light of Love" offer enough low-commitment escapist melodies to power a Matthew McConaughey movie. The only difference is that, while you can probably wait for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past to get to cable, you'd be wise to give Expressions a spin post-haste. (Secretly Canadian) 4 stars out of 5
(Photo Courtesy Secretly Canadian)
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