The second full-length album from Swedish group Miike Snow is the perfect marriage of electro-synth and pop. That should come as no surprise, considering two-thirds of the group is composed of producers Bloodshy and Avant , who are responsible for chart-topping hits like Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” The group’s third member is singer Andrew Wyatt , whose voice seems like just another instrument mixed into the song and never overshadows the music. The album is a happy contradiction. Dark lyrics and spacey sounds of “Black Tin Box” are followed by the quick-paced disco keyboard of “Paddling Out.” Several of the more upbeat songs like “The Wave” offer the danceability of M83 , and the bass riff-padded choral refrain of “Vase” is about as catchy as a Carly Rae Jepsen song.
Grade: A
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