Night Terrors of 1927 - Dust and Bones

The intro to this song gives you a happy facade to play with until the lyrics start. The low vocal echoes drag the song into something darker, but is picked up by falsetto and explosive choruses. It would be hard to find a more alive song that talks so much about death, but Dust and Bones has breath in it.

Glitter Pox rating: 73% contagious

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Absofacto - Paper Crane

The music in this song steals you away like Bowie's Jareth, but it's the kind of poisoned peach you'd want to eat every bit of. It's like space spiders making webs in some paradox of a galaxy, and the vocals bounce around it like flies that don't stick. It's a weird journey of a song, but the digital sounds, the bass, and the vocals mix into something quirky and laid back. The Alice in Wonderland reference in this song is pretty spot on for the dreamlike trance it puts you in.

Glitter Pox rating: 78% contagious

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Kyla La Grange - Vampire Smile

Favorite lyrics: I'm gonna get so drunk on you and kill your friends and you'll need me and we can be obsessed

Vampire Smile begins with drums that eerily resemble a calm heart beat until other folk sounding instruments charge in and change the pace entirely. But apart from the music, which is an entire entity in itself, the lyrics are the true essence of this song. As a listener, you are lead through the paths of an unfortunate love. The music starts in slow stalk, glimmering you with its beauty and pain until its borderline personality threatens its own life if you ever try to leave. Like an overly clingy lover, this song consumes and drains you of every ounce of life you have left, but in the best kind of way.

Glitter Pox rating: 93% contagious

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MØ - Glass

Glass has a lot of digital instrumentation, but a Kimbra element that makes it more indie rock. There's a Japenese intro with some Oberhofer-sounding sharp-noted OOO's that make it seem upbeat, but it's dragged down by soft sexy vocals before moving into a playful chorus. The vocals go through these different accented riffs that puts the song in different moods, so it's inconsistent but brilliant.

Glitter Pox rating: 92% contagious
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The Neighborhood - Sweater Weather

This song should be played with shared earbuds. The music in Sweater Weather is as smooth as the cool-cat vibe of the vocals, laid back with an indie r&b mix. It's a new age telling of the old age love story without being cliche. It's diverse within itself, in that when you hit the woah's the whole song seems sleepy and somber, sexy and pretty: a perfect Valentine's day song.

Glitter Pox rating: 90% contagious

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Wild Party - When I Get Older

Wild Party definitely has a wild feel. When I Get Older has lazy lows and happy highs, with soft, controlled vocals all the way through. The hoooOOOooooOOOOoope vocal riff takes the center stage of genius and the fact that it matches the guitar makes this song even more cool. It's upbeat until a muted-down vocal breakdown, like a short above-water breath before it sinks back into the chorus and goes out running.

Glitter Pox rating: 85% contagious

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Banks - Before I Ever Met You

Banks - Before I Ever Met You by BANKS.

Before I Met You has a sultry action scene feel, like Angelina Jolie in a slow motion car chase - striking and beautiful. Banks sounds a lot like Garbage with the err of an English accent. With a blend of mystery and strong femininity, this song is particularly playable.

Glitter Pox rating: 79% contagious

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Crystal Fighters - At Home

The mandolin that carries this song is unique and gives a new age appeal without sounding like a generic new age song. The vocals are so strong that, at moments, it sounds like a choir singing even when it's just one voice. It's a running-through-forests-smearing-lightning-bugs-on-your-cheeks type of song, in the way it's a softly aggressive adventure. The "yeah's" pitted against the "no's" in the background sound like a happy war, like a water balloon fight, but it's more of a musically pretty mind-war than a physical one.

Glitter Pox rating: 90% contagious

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