DAVIDS - Dead Walkie

The beginning of Dead Walkie is like a sonic silence, like the ringing quiet after an explosion. It's kind of like that when the song ends, too, in this abrupt way that leaves your ears making up ghost notes that aren't there anymore. The slow, lazy vocals mixed with the electronics make this a chill, hands-out-the-window song.

Glitter Pox rating: 65% contagious

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Brazos - Charm

Brazos' new album Saltwater just came out today and this song off of it is like pure brain stimulation. The vocals are comforting and consistent, the softness in them matching the descriptive lyrics of a gorgeous gal in summer sun. It has a grounded feel in its bass and drums, but there are so many different sounds going on in the breakdown that it sounds like controlled experimentation. Some of the layers you don't actually notice until the third or fourth time you listen to it, so it's built for repeats instead of casual listens.

Glitter Pox rating: 67% contagious

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Sin Fang - Because Of The Blood

Because of the Blood is folky but distorted, a fast but mellow vibe taking over the whole song. The tin-drummer "bum-bum's" in the background fill in all the pauses of the first layer of vocals - and there's not a lack of layers in Sin Fang's Icelandic-influenced music. It's a chill but aurally discordant song.

Glitter Pox rating: 70% contagious

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Max Frost - White Lies

Max Frost has a Fitz and the Tantrums thing going on in White Lies, the bluesy man-sass reminiscent of Fitz. This song just has this catchy chorus of suspicion that's sung in a jazzy voice you want to drink up. And the music is all slinky, too, like it's catching a cat with feathers in its mouth. It's just a song that makes you feel real saucy.

Glitter Pox rating: 80% contagious

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The Glitter Pox

New Politics interview

We sat down with New Politics after their show in Akron to ask about their new album and their new single Harlem. Here's David Boyd (lead vocals),Søren Hansen (guitar/vocals) and Louis Vecchio (drummer) answering some questions, break dancing, and shouting "Glitter!" in Danish, for your education.



So, about Harlem. It's a really really good song. And you can listen to it here before you buy it. We asked about their inspiration for the song and if it had to do with their move to NYC after being in Denmark.

Louis: “He [David] can tell the story about Harlem but it’s about to go for about twenty five minutes.”

Søren takes over in an attempt to shorten the epic story of Harlem.

Søren: “When we came back from tour and we started writing this album, the first month of that we tried to write the first album again and every time we wrote a song it was kinda like “it’s not there, it’s not there, it’s not there” and then so many things happened. The main thing was that there was this huge culture shock coming over here [from Denmark] where we didn’t know anyone - because we’d been on tour all the time. The important fact of how Harlem became Harlem is [that] the whole process of this album has been our culture shock, and every song that’s going on this album shows that period in our life. This album is very personal because it marks a certain time in the whole process of us settling in over here.”

Louis: “It’s genuine. That’s what Søren, in 3600 words, was trying to say.”

And it sounds like the rest of their album is genuine, too. From hearing them speak about it, you can tell they put a lot of their personal experiences into the new album.

Søren: “When we write songs we just write something, and then there’s a vibe in it and some of the words that become a part of the song are already being sung.”

David: “When we tried to do something like the first album, it wasn’t there because it was lacking that 10%, that thing there where we weren’t where we were three years ago when we wrote the first album in Denmark, in a basement, rebelling, being mad at everything, questioning things of society. Now we’re signed, living in America, living out a dream. We’re touring, we’ve experienced all these things. All those things were factors that we didn’t put in until later when it hit us that this is what we were, right now, and we’ve changed to this, and this is part of the challenge as an artist when you’re writing an album.”

After writing their new album, they toured with Twenty One Pilots - after being on tours with 30 Seconds to Mars, Neon Trees, and the Dirty Heads. We asked what was different about this tour and what made it fit with their own music.

David: “The good thing about Twenty One Pilots, that we’re out with, is that they have a similar thing. They’re just open to music. They put everything in their music, whatever they feel in their heart, that’s what it is. We have that thing as well with our music.”

You can tell, especially live, that they put everything into their music. And other people can tell, which is why they've become pretty successful after their first self-titled album was released, being featured on MTV and performing at SXSW. They got pretty deep while talking about success/fame/fortune, but their sense of humor was displayed in the fun-loving way they interact with each other.

David: “If you have a million dollars then it’s good for you, but if you don’t it’s also good for you."

Søren: “The moon’s blue on a summer night.”

#NewPoliticswordsofwisdom

Louis was feeling left out after not sharing his own words of wisdom, so we asked about how tour was going. However, David and Soren didn't think his answer was lively enough.

Louis: “This tour has been a lot of fun, it’s been great so far –“

*snores* from Søren, *yawns* from David.

Louis: “I give up.”

Søren: “You teased me when I was answering about Harlem!”

David: “They asked about Harlem and you spoke about the River of Babylon.”

David, mimicking Søren: “Well, when I was in kindergarten my teacher told me –“

They're like their own little family, and you can tell that when they're on stage, too, because they work so well musically together- something that you only see in bands that still like each other. With the musical chemistry they have, their new album will be worthy of all four of The Glitter Pox thumbs up. We asked when their album would be released, which you now know to be tomorrow.

David: “We even have a title for it.”

David: “It’s called The Title.”

They played four songs off of "The Title," now "A Bad Girl in Harlem," at the show: Tonight You're Perfect, Die Together, Just Like Me, and Harlem. After hearing them live, we can tell you that you'll definitely want to catch them on their future tours and buy the album. And you can find that our for yourself when it hits iTunes tomorrow (or other non-digital forms on their website), or check a stream of it out at MTV's Buzzyworthy Blog now.

Julia Holter - Moni Mon Amie

The beginning of Moni Mon Amie is all lyrics and French-accented vocals until at some point in the song the music takes over in a slowly creeping way; it was always there, but it just builds up and takes control by the end. Both the vocals and the music make a certain romantic dream state appeal to this song, but a type that's lacking sleep. A surrealness that can only be shown through the soft encantationesque lyrics, but there's something eerily not right in the song as if the minor under tones have dark secrets. Not only is the music different and artistic, but this video is a beautiful translation of the childlike feel of the melody.

Glitter Pox rating: 92% contagious

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Pretty & Nice - Golden Rules for Golden People

Golden Rules for Golden People is full of high-priced lyrics, words of diamonds and gold and amethyst being sung to you like a bazaar full of gems. The imagery of the entire thing is damn shiny, but the whole theme of this midas-touched album is to break apart pretty exteriors and find something more worthy than money.

Comparing it to Pretty & Nice's other albums, it still has that aggressive guitar and soft vocals that we know them for, but it's more clear cut. It's hard to pull a favorite, since every song has something different to offer your ears. 

The album starts with "We are all instruments" and ends with "that's everything you need to get." However, that's not everything you need to get about Golden Rules for Golden People since knowing that it's not just good sound is something you should go into this album thinking. Because these lyrics are excellent.

"Most pretty shells chime like there's nothing inside," is the first lyric of Q_Q and it kind of contradicts itself because the album art for Golden Rules is very pretty and there's a hell of a lot inside of it.

Like, every song has an entirely different approach. Mummy Jets is the song that consistently gets stuck in our ears, the "aww-ww-ww's" of the chorus serenading our minds all day. But then there's Critters, telling you to dance off your pain, and Yonkers making you feel like you're getting drunk on a yacht, and Kill the Beast being sung to you like a fantasy novel. The title song, Golden Rules, talks about building a ship that won't sink and then it hits a tide of music like chaos. The album is just everywhere with its thoughts and sound, but it ties into this concept of money and music while still sounding hella good.

Just buy it, please. If you're gonna get one album this month, it should be this one.

Wildcat! Wildcat! - Mr. Quiche

Mr.Quiche's intro sounds like this really happy, cheerful summer song until the bass and drums and cymbal on cymbal comes out to play. The vocals match that, too, going from The Limousines-like falsetto singing to monotone-voiced pauses. It's like the song is trying to fake a smile the entire time, but it's a pretty real, human song, even if the lead video star is wearing a giant cat mask.

Glitter Pox rating:
83% contagious

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Post War Years - All Eyes

The beginning of All Eyes sounds like steps through a dream and leads into a Purity Ring meets heavy bass breakdown. It has this really drawn out feeling that matches the chorus's lyrics perfectly: "You have all the time in the world." It's simplistic but obsessively interesting.

Glitter Pox rating: 80% contagious

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Josef Salvat - This Life

The chill beat and romantic voice behind Josef Salvat has made a lot of people compare him to Lana Del Rey. We can see it with her song Lolita, the "hey's" in both choruses asking you to come closer. The lyrics flow with alliteration and vibrato, the melody in the vocals more than in the music, all the way until the bass-heavy ending.

Glitter Pox rating: 93% contagious

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