Didn't Know Getting Lost In The Blue

MS MR's 'Hurricane' already had a pretty great video, condensing the 'essence' of Tumblr into just under four minutes. That was, however, when they were being super secretive about their identities.

They have have since revealed themselves as New Yorkers Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow and to be in possession of faces. Accordingly, they have made a new video that features said faces smeared with lurid bodypaint.

Combining a bubblegum palette with murky happenings, the clip is a welcome reminder of MS MR's knack for grade-A gloom-pop ahead of the release of their album 'Secondhand Rapture' next month. Kind of hoping they're going to turn up one of the Irish festival line-ups one of these days...

All The Time To Keep You Off My Mind

The lofty standards set by Scandinavian pop music have been well documented and one of its key archetypes has been the lovelorn Swedish chanteuse.

The latest addition to Stockholm's stockpile of swoon-inducing songbirds is 24-year-old Tove Lo.  Her latest track 'Habits', an ode to heartbreak-fuelled self-destruction, was sent to me by a friend and I've been playing it all day.

Granted, it probably owes a debt to the tumbling percussion of Lykke Li's 'Little Bit' and the hook-heavy chorus would fit right into one of Robyn's signature electro-ballads, but there's a black humour and lyrical quirkiness that sets 'Habits' apart from the work of her contemporaries.

Stuck On Repeat - April Showers Edition

Phoenix - Entertainment (Blood Orange Remix)



A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (Bit Funk Remix)



Boy - Little Numbers



TLC - Unpretty (Follow Me Remix)



Purity Ring - Grammy (Soulja Boy Cover)



Bastille - Pompeii (Monsieur Adi Remix)



Ms Mr - Fantasy

[Image: Moritz Aust]