Blog: Mixtape Maestro

Australia-based indie multi-talent Gotye 's transfixing "Somebody That I Used To Know" serves as a reassuring reminder that good, old-fashioned pop (of the non-electro-influenced, Auto-Tuned variety) can still be made and beloved on a massive scale. Currently sitting at Number One on the Australian singles charts, the song feels carved from a bygone era in song-craft, riding a gorgeously-paced simmer of subdued vintage '602s pop sounds to casually unfold a painfully relatable portrait of the distractions of a previous romance's effect on a current relationship and a genius arc that finds you wanting to kick a [...]

• Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)