Telefon Tel Aviv My Day Beats Your Week

• Words: Tomas
• Label: Hefty
• XLR8R Rating: /10

Writing a song based around a pap clich» expression is a dangerously Alanis Morrissette-ish move. But with their Prince-goes-IDM backdrop and acerbic lyrics, TTA pulls it off, creating caustic dance to play right after LCD Soundsystem. Flip for one of the most mournfully honest glitch-pop tracks of recent, "I Lied," on which Nick Drake folk simplicity meets a grandiose, Bjàrk-style string arrangement. And all at once, great songwriting has finally returned to electronic music.