Every Day's Like Talking In Your Sleep

As I mentioned in the previous post, Kimbra is my current infatuation. I may not have done many posts the past few months but, rest assured, anybody who has crossed my path has had the 21-year-old New Zealand singer's musical morsels forced upon them.

You Said That We Would Still Be Friends

There's a new frontrunner in terms of my favourite song of the year and comes courtesy of Australian singer-songwriter Gotye.

Somebody That I Used To Know is strikingly original, both musically and lyrically, and blows Adele's Someone Like You out of the water in terms of this year's best break-up song, as far as I'm concerned.

The track also features the dulcet tones of my current obsession, New Zealand native Kimbra, and is deservedly sitting pretty at the top of Australian iTunes at this moment in time.

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Electra Heart: The Start

Ms Marina and the Diamonds made a surprise return today with a new track, Fear and Loathing. Serving as an introduction to a new 'character' (Marina strenuously denies it's an alter-ego), the video depicts the first part of Marina's transition into Electra Heart.

The song itself is a stark ballad with Marina's distinctive vocals underpinned by waves of synths that swell and subside over the course of the track.

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