The Big Pink - Dominos

Favorite lyrics: Swallow my sugar kiss and eat it alone

'Dominos' is like taking all of the fizz and carbonation from the inside of a syrupy can of soda and putting it into a song. It's catchy and something you can dance to, a foamy kind of sound that sticks to your tongue as you sing it. It's a song that leads to something, like each of the 200 seconds is a kind of never-ending suspension. It just has one of those melodies that feeds you energy, until your blood is pumping sound instead of blood and you're feeling invincible.

Glitter Pox rating: 79% contagious

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Sleep Party People - I'm Not Human At All

SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE - I'm Not Human At All
Favorite lyrics: It's my own fault; It's not my fault.
I'm not human at all; I have no heart...
At all....

Like dark magic, I'm Not Human at All romances you with its ominous, mysterious music while secretly taking your soul and all of your precious possessions. It's light and slow like a drifting fog, but it howls like the wind. It's spacious but it's stuck in one perpetual motion, like you're in a big room but you can't move. It feels like your body is being taken over by something inhuman and sinister, but you'll let it because its sinful siren call sounds so good.



SLEEP PARTY PEOPLE - Third Drawer Down
Compared with Sleep Party People's instrumental track 'Third Drawer Down,' you can get a good feel for their sound. It still makes you have those creepy back-of-the-neck feelings that somebody's watching you while you're listening to this band. It's literally chilling, like someone's standing behind you in your chair and the only reason you can't hear them breathing is because of this song. Or it could be the soundtrack to a homicide you can't look away from, like it's the calm end to the most horrific moment in someone's life.

Glitter Pox rating: 82% contagious

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Knives at Noon - Violins and Violence

Favorite lyrics: I can see you dreaming, I can see you breathing, I can see you dreaming

Violins and Violence is the perfect name for this song. It's filled with colossal space music and nonstop stimulation, like the equivalent of a crystallized sugar high. It's both beautiful and aggressive, like a bright-skinned poison dart frog or a flower with acid on its petals. If this song could be liquefied, it would be poured into our coffee every single morning.

Glitter Pox rating: 91% contagious

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First Aid Kit - Our Own Pretty Ways

Favorite lyrics: It all comes down to this - I'm an ocean, you're the rain.

You can believe pretty much anything these girls sing, because they sing it with such conviction and connection. The melody is simple but wistful, and it manages to capture the sorrow and history that the lyrics explain. The whole song feels like an accordion, with in-and-out melody and vocals that push and pull at each other. It's a song that's seeped in the past but sung in the present.

Glitter Pox rating: 70% contagious

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White Apple Tree - Passed Out

Favorite lyrics: Mood swings from the lack of any healthy sleep / I pray to connect with you in anyway

'Passed Out' has a high-noted melody combined with the deep voice of White Apple Tree's lead vocalist. It has a kind of 80s Echo and the Bunnymen feel, mixed with a music stream that's filled with electric keyboard. It's like if John Hughes had reverted back to The Breakfast Club style, but gave a more modern soundtrack. It has a very classic and electric feel to it, both soothing and caffeinated in its effect.

Glitter Pox rating: 91% contagious

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Strange Birds - Move On

Favorite lyrics*: the ticks and tocks are asking for our lying words

Strange Birds have a similar sound to Young the Giant, but a more mellow pacing. Something about Move On is slightly unsettling, like the blend of music is supposed to be menacing despite the gentleness of it. It leaves you with a strange feeling, the uniqueness of the song muddling your brain. It's organized in a way that seems completely careless, which the best music always does. There's something both simple and completely fresh about this band.

Glitter Pox rating: 86% contagious

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*Hoping these lyrics are right, going by the trust of our ears.

Throw Me the Statue - Hi-Fi Goon

Favorite lyrics: Is this how I go / Is this where I sleep

The music of this song is so upbeat and colorful, that paired with the European, soft-whispered, indistinct sound of the vocals, it's perfect for a technicolor trail walk. It's similar to the style of OK Go, in the pairing of playground music and imaginative serenading. Really fun, easygoing song that'll make you want to go adventure through palm-tree-lined streets while you're stuck inside in the snow.

Glitter Pox rating: 67% contagious

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Bedouin Soundclash - Brutal Hearts

Favorite lyrics: Are you the brutal heart that I've been looking for?

The percussion that opens this song, followed by the hazy vocals, is like diving into a smoky room. There's subtle music in the background, like finger-snapping and windchimes, that give it this organic, classy sound. And the vocals - a back-and-forth between a voice that sounds like a glass of whiskey and a voice that sounds like honey candy. They mirror each other in style, but each add a lot of depth to the song.

Glitter Pox rating: 75% contagious

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Faded Paper Figures - One More Crash

Favorite lyrics: Postmodern and bored, exhaling with cool

One More Crash is like the mario bros. theme song layered over with great music and lyrics. It's soft, fast, and fun - young-sounding, but mature in the sense that Faded Paper Figures has some serious purpose in their musical style. It's like that scene in almost every movie ever made, where the uptight girl finally lets go, lets her hair down, and lives. And that's so easy to do while listening to this song.

Glitter Pox rating: 77% contagious

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