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The musicmakers behind Miike Snow have been pretty busy lately –- just producing new Britney Spears songs, NBD -– so we guess we can forgive them for taking a few years off since their debut album, Miike Snow. The Swedish group is back with a new track, "Devil's Work," an impressive rollout of overlapping pianos, somber vocals and blasting horns that sound ready to soundtrack a "Hunger Games" fight scene. It could be a next-door neighbor to the National's "Fake Empire," minus the glow stick-ready dance breaks. (Note to the National: Glow sticks are kinda rad! Just think it over, fellas.)
The brief rave-y sections of "Devil's Work" last just long enough to start pumping your fist, fall out of your chair and wonder where the party went, which is a break from Miike Snow's formerly funky, electro-powered catalog. Either they've been listening to a lot of Coldplay or those Swedish winters are getting chillier. Global warming, you guys!
The group's self-titled debut was released way back in May 2009 -- a magical time when Oprah had just discovered Twitter and it seemed like anything could happen -- so fresh sound or not, it's good to see Miike Snow joining the rest of us in almost-2k12. The band's yet-to-be-titled sophomore album drops early next year.
+ Listen to Miike Snow's "Devil's Work."