SLAG PATROL

Robyn – With Every Heartbeat
Static Revenger – Round & Around (Radio Edit)

Robyn first entered my consciousness in 1997 with her single Show Me Love (James actually has this exact CD single on his shelf today–I’m not sure if he should be embarrassed or proud). When her self-titled album came out in 2005, I initially thought it was a different Robyn. It’s absolutely brilliant electropop–Be Mine! and Crash and Burn Girl are two of my favorite songs ever. Poignant, tremendously sad, and possessing a glorious strings break in the middle, With Every Heartbeat makes me very anxious for Robyn’s next album. And Static Revenger–hadn’t heard of them before receiving this on a compilation. It’s 80s-derivative but pulls it off, with a charging synth and catchy chorus.