Thursday, 19 August 2010

Music for dirty old men and purveyors of the finest pop music

What sort of descriptions would you expect people to use when talking about a new single by Lo Fi Fnk?

'Cutting edge pop'?
'Stunning Swedish electronica'?
'Ethereal dancefloor bliss?'


Well, how about 'inspired by Benny Hill'? Because that's exactly how the new Lo Fi Fnk single opens - with a manic trumpet which inspires thoughts of leering old men chasing barely-dressed women around a park. But it's not a bad thing, just a bit of a surprise, and thankfully the rest of 'Sleepless' could be summed up with the phrases above - except all of them make us cringe a little bit, so we're not keen to repeat them.

So, in summary: you will like the new Lo Fi Fnk single if you are a dirty old pervert or a fan of pop music which doesn't necessarily make sense on the first listen, but by the fourth time through, you begin to appreciate that genius pop music doesn't always have to sound like 'Biology' by Girls Aloud.

Lo Fi Fnk 'Sleepless'

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