Ramona Lisa - arcadia

A solo project by Caroline Polachek of Chairlift, and while Ramona Lisa is electronica its also very different to the day job. Ramona Lisa is ethereal and complex, baroque and mystifying. The title track meanders through a myriad of soundscapes and aural experiments. Its beautiful though sometimes you wonder exactly what is going on.

"Dominic" is more straight forward and indeed is a very enjoyable pop song with a light bouncy melody. "Avenue" is a truly beautiful soundscape, like much of the album quirky and asymmetric. Its experimental, sometimes chaotic but so often enjoyable.

MV : "Unhold" by Delorean feat. Caroline Polachek

Trip-TV's heroine Caroline lends her vocals to this great track.

MV : "Dominic" by Ramona Lisa

Great song off what is a great album.

MV : "Arcadia" by Ramona Lisa

A new Chairlift album is in the works, but Caroline Polachek has also been busy with a new solo project.

MV : "I belong in your arms (Japanese version)" by Chairlift

Chairlift - something (Young Turks)

The third album by this synth-pop duo, and the first for 4 years, "Something" indeed has something about it. Beautiful pop melodies, lushly and often quirkily sung and smartly instrumented. Glorious choruses and catchy melodies galore, there is so much to enjoy on this album.

The stand-out tracks for me are "Ghost tonight" with its slightly more restrained melody and vocals that sound almost pleading and wide-eyed innocent and the sublime "Met before" with its intense pop energy. Another highlight is the kooky "Amanaemonesia" with its slinky melody and slightly bonkers vocals.

Its a brilliant pop album and a top quality example of modern synth-pop, taking the heritage and cool of the 80s and reinventing it with modern off-beat quirkiness. A total hit.

MV : "Met before" by Chairlift (Interactive MV)

This is clever, you can decide how this music video turns out using your arrow keys.