Three-piece Brooklyn electro-pop band Chairlift (shown here in couture gladiator gear) is the latest band to get Apple’s iPod-hawking, insta-fame treatment, and rightfully so; their dreamy single, “Bruises,” the one that goes “I tried to do handstands for you, but every time I fell for you” — has been somersaulting through my brain for weeks now, and their debut LP, Does You Inspire You, isn’t even out until tomorrow.
Lead singer Caroline Polachek’s breathy-but-bold feminine vocals (think The Cardigans‘ Nina Persson) float hauntingly above sweetly (but not too sweet) simple (but not too simple) keys and unobtrusive drum beats as my desire to buy an electric turquoise Nano arm wrestles with my desire to buy a Nano in bright purple.
Watch a full-length Chairlift set from Baebelmusic, listen to “Earwig Town,” check out Chairlift’s fall Yeasayer tour dates, and watch Nena’s classic “99 Luft Balloons” video — the godmother of female-fronted electro-pop if ever there was one.
Past “Oh! It’s ‘That’ Songs”
+ Lenka, “The Show”
+ Throw Me The Statue, “Lolita”
+ Ingrid Michaelson, “The Way I Am”