Who: Melbourne, Australia’s Cut Copy, an indie electro-pop trio who, after touring Down Under with Daft Punk, just released your new favorite summer album In Ghost Colours.
Sounds Like: Gary Numan on Prozac and ecstasy. The band adds sunny hooks and synth waves to sonic collages reminiscent of their countrymen the Avalanches. In Ghost Colours also has an eye towards the dance floor, thanks to the DFA’s Tim Goldworthy, who produced the album. “Tim encouraged us to try using weird instruments we wouldn’t have tried otherwise, and we had access to all the DFA guitar pedals, so it was a real opportunity to experiment,” says frontman and multi-instrumentalist Dan Whitford.
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