There's a great line from an Animal Collective song called "Cuckoo" in which the discombobulated protagonist, before losing it all, cries out, "sometimes all I want is one favorite song/in two or three minutes/don't sing so long." That sentiment pretty much sums up my attraction to the songs of French band Phoenix. Why draw it out when you can hit your audience over the head with a memorable, smacking pop song? The gummier the better really. And therein lies the difference between good pop and bad pop: good pop actually makes you feel good, while bad pop causes brain aneurisms (see: Fergi).
Phoenix is putting out a new album called Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix on May 25th. I thought they did splendidly on SNL the other day performing "1901" and "Lisztomania", which both appear on the new album.
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