A regular dispatch of essays, criticism, and (pop) cultural ephemera, compiled and mixed by Norman Brannon.

10.14.2011

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Icona Pop

"Nights Like This"

Nights Like This EP

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This song sounds something like Robyn’s “Who’s That Girl,” which sounds something like The Knife’s “Heartbeats.” Icona Pop, like Robyn and The Knife, are also from Sweden, so it’s fair to say they were influenced. But “Nights Like This” is more referential than replica, if only because the synths occupy a dirtier, less commercial place while the hook is somehow more commercial than either of the songs it evokes. It’s the kind of single that would probably be on the radio if it didn’t feel all wrong when you put it there.

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